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Cardinal says some Vatican II decrees are not binding
VATICAN CITY: Unveiling a new work on the Second Vatican Council in Rome, Cardinal Walter Brandmuller, the retired president of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences, announced that Vatican II’s decrees on non-Christian religions (Nostra Aetate) and Religious
New rules published for evaluating apparition claims
VATICAN CITY: The authenticity of controversial or questionable Marian apparitions may be closer to settlement with the publication of previously confidential guidelines.
Vatican Bank chief sacked as police inquiry continues
VATICAN CITY: "I'd rather say nothing, otherwise I'd say ugly things," said Ettore Gotti Tedeschi after a no-confidence vote forced his resignation.
Singing friar signs deal and gets set for stardom
ITALY: Abbey Road, the legendary studios where The Beatles recorded, is now hosting an operatic Franciscan friar from Assisi.
Violent religious intolerance: a chilling eyewitness report
INDONESIA: Earlier this week, ucanews.com reported on an outbreak of anti-Christian violence outside a church in Bekasi. Here, an American journalist gives his own first hand account of an incident at the same church.
'Vatileaks' are a personal attack on the Pope, says historian
VATICAN CITY: As the 'Vatileaks' scandal makes news again, Church historian Alberto Melloni says the perpetrators of the leaks wanted to cause trouble for the Pope himself.
Legion of Christ's leader knew for years about baby scandal
VATICAN CITY: Can it get any worse for the shell-shocked Legion of Christ? The last 24 hours have brought yet another damaging revelation.
Another protest against bishops' crackdown on nuns
UNITED STATES: Last week Cincinatti, this week New York: supporters of the beleaguered LCWR are making their voices heard.
Dramatic new twist in Vatican kidnap mystery
VATICAN CITY: Acting on a tip-off, police made a startling discovery this week when they exhumed the body of a known criminal. Meanwhile, suspicion grows that the Vatican has not divulged all it knows about the case.
Girl Scouts unhappy about bishops' planned inquiry
UNITED STATES: Insisting that they are a non-partisan organization, a US Girl Scouts leader says the inquiry planned by the Bishops Conference implies "guilt by association."
Famous atheist writes in praise of the King James Bible
UNITED KINGDOM: A government plan to issue the King James Bible to every British school has prompted the atheist writer Richard Dawkins to cite it as a great work of literature.
Gay bishops, married nuns: meet the Old Catholics
UNITED STATES: Formed by dissident Dutch and German bishops, the Old Catholics movement has been in existence since the 1870s.
Fury over "criminal" new book about Vatican leaks
VATICAN CITY: The "Vatileaks" controversy has erupted again with the publication of "His Holiness," a new book that makes numerous revelations and allegations about the Vatican's internal workings.
more stories
- 'Exorcist' author says Jesuit college is no longer Catholic
- William Peter Blatty, author of "The Exorcist," may sue his alma mater Georgetown University in canonical court, as he says it has strayed too far from Catholicism.
- Laos bans crucifixes and spreading the Christian message
- A crackdown on Christianity is spreading in Laos, where the authorities are concerned by the number of people converting to the faith.
- Paternity scandal brings fresh woes to Legion of Christ
- Just five days ago, the Vatican announced an abuse enquiry within the embattled Legion of Christ. Today brings a new disclosure concerning the order's most famous priest.
- London train line now has its own Stations of the Cross
- An artist has had the original idea of offering aids to prayer and contemplation on a busy London commuter line whose hub is, appropriately, King's Cross.
