In this undated photo, G.K. Chesterton, left, receives an honorary degree from Holy Cross Father Charles L. O'Donnell, C.S.C., then president of the University of Notre Dame (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, ...

As a document, it hardly carried the gravitas of Martin Luther’s Theses pinned to the door of the Wittenberg church. But when a British Foreign Office memo that lampooned Pope Benedict XVI was leaked ...

Prominent British Catholics have voiced grave concern about new government-backed legislation that will require Christian clergy to report information obtained during confessions about sexual abuse.

CANTERBURY, England — Britain’s former Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently caused a mini-uproar by saying the Church of England’s failure to fill “an aching spiritual void” had led to large numbers ...