JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- It remains to be seen whether African Anglicans opposed to gay clergy will take the pope up on his offer for them to join the Catholic church, observers say.
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI has approved allowing Anglican groups to join the Catholic Church while keeping parts of their own worship, a Vatican official said Tuesday.
OWENSBORO, Ky., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The Roman Catholic Church says one in six diocesan priests now serving in the United States is from another country.
LONDON, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Almost 500 years after Henry VIII founded the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church is set to surpass it and become Britain's largest denomination.
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- No changes are expected to the celibacy rule for Roman Catholic priests after Pope Benedict XVI and his advisers meet at Vatican City to discuss the issue.
ABERDEEN, Scotland, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The pope has given special permission for the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland to ordain a married priest -- a former Anglican priest.
BUENOS AIRES, June 11 (UPI) -- Argentine Catholic Church officials have condemned one of their priests for publishing a book about his sexual exploits, news sources reported Friday.
NEW YORK, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- More than 1,200 priests and nearly every U.S. Roman Catholic diocese is involved in the church's sex abuse crisis, The New York Times reported Saturday. Over the past six decades more than 4,000 minors have been abused by priests, according to a survey by
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