74 2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

It is the dogma that is the drama,” wrote Dorothy Sayers in Creed or Chaos? (1947), a work — as the title indicates — in ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides a beautiful summary of the different ways of praying. After summarising the ...

Q: Please explain what an indulgence is and how it can reduce or eliminate the time a soul must spend in purgatory. A: Indulgences are perhaps one of the more misunderstood parts of Catholic practi ...

Everything we do in following Jesus Christ draws its life from the Mass and simultaneously points us back to the Mass.

Catholic Mobilizing Network urges president in final days to decide in line with Catholic teaching against death penalty ...

Catholic advocacy for school choice initiatives has its roots in the church’s teaching on parents’ responsibility for their ...

But the Church does not presume subjective culpability or the eternal destination of those who have died by suicide. The ...

“There can be no stepping back from this position,” Pope Francis wrote. Echoing the teaching he clarified in his 2018 ...

HOW do we know God? How is God revealed throughout history? How has the Church developed its understanding of God? These are ...

The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ ...