“Not everything is equally central, because there is an order or hierarchy ... Church’s teaching, including her moral teaching,” he said. Francis insisted that charity is at the heart of ...

It is time to stop using the term “Catholic Church” as a synonym for “Catholic hierarchy.” We all do it. “The church teaches such and such.” “The church lobbied against gay marriage.” ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

Pastor Hardwick (Disability and the Church) delivers a searing indictment ... Initially, being a Christian meant that one was white, European, and of a “superior nature, intellect, and ...

In contrast to the Catholic hierarchy in Brazil, where church leaders denounced that ... disappearances and torture as against the Christian spirit. On his death in 2006 human rights campaigners ...