VATICAN CITY – In his new book, Pope Benedict XVI strongly reaffirmed church teaching that homosexual acts are “disordered” and said homosexuality itself is “incompatible” with the priesthood.Read More

For the past 500 years, Catholicism has made little impression on Sweden. Yet perhaps even now in this ardently secular country, there are small signs of change.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Without leaving the Vatican, visitors exiting St. Peter’s Basilica can gain firsthand exposure to another impressive church, Antoni Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia.Read More

Regarding “Global authority for finances?” (CR, Oct. 27) it is startling to see just what is being proposed by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace: a centralized world political authority to regulate all world economies and to deal with world “peace and security, disarmament and arms control, protection of human rights, and management of...Read More

I am a murderer of trees. All art teachers are. We go through more paper than The Baltimore Sun.“Can I get some more paper?” asks the girl in the jumper who tugs at my shirtwaist. “I made my house too big.”“Mrs. Barberry! I need to start over!” one student willRead More

SAO PAULO, Brazil – As Brazil’s Oct. 31 presidential runoff approaches, abortion has become a major issue – at least among the nation’s Catholics.Read More