2276 Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible. 2277 Whatever its motives and means ...

Part I analyses the responses of Catholic ... history: to help us understand present problems better by looking at the past … it must be said that Cambridge University Press has not departed from its ...

So this is a fitting time to consider Our Lady as “Queen of All Saints” (because that is what she is and we hope to be) and ...

(Catechism of the Catholic Church 1450) Forgiveness of sins brings reconciliation with God, but also with the Church.

Pope Francis prays during a Eucharistic celebration in the Vatican, on the final day of a summit on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church From Australian country towns to schools in Ireland and ...

RIFNET. A new agenda for the Irish family: messy realities & messier lives. The History of the Family, Vol. 29, Issue. 1, p. 1. Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in ...

Until the 1930s, the Catholic Church was not alone in its opposition to contraceptives. In the Christian tradition, birth control had long been associated with promiscuity and adultery ...

A former president of Ireland has criticised the Catholic Church as "an empire of misogyny". Mary McAleese was speaking in Rome ahead of the Voices of Faith conference, which features prominent ...

History hasn’t remembered much about him, and the stories of all three saints have become entwined over the centuries. The story became so murky and confusing that, in 1969, the Catholic Church ...

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More AP Photo/Omar Havana The settlement comes amid continued scrutiny of the Catholic Church's handling of sexual abuse cases worldwide. Pope Francis' recent visit to Belgium, where leaders ...

The settlements have been financially crushing for Catholic dioceses across the country. To finance them, they’ve sold vast swaths of church property and in some cases exhausted or relinquished ...