In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life) issued March 25, 1995 after four years of consultations with the world's Roman Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only ...

when Protestantism emerged “as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices”, explained Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Protestants’ complaints against the Church were ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The global Catholic community and the entire world have been holding prayers for Pope Francis following his hospitalisation with double pneumonia During the election of a new pope, a two-thirds ...

But is the Buddhist religion, which prevails in China, much more foreign to our customs and our modes of thinking and believing than the Roman Catholic religion is? There are, in fact, many ...

"Reconstructing Catholicism" by the Rev. Trish Sullivan Vanni explains the independent Catholic movement that has birthed ...