Vatican official says Church should allow married priests

Vatican official says Church should allow married priests

Archbishop Charles Scicluna said that the Church should learn from the Eastern Churches, which allow married men the option to get ordained to the priesthood.

Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’

The 1998 book’s provocative, sexually-charged themes are likely to add further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office.

Alabama priest laicized after civil marriage to 18-year-old

Alex Crow was originally suspended from ministry in July after he abandoned his assignment in the archdiocese and left the country with a woman after she turned 18.

Pope Francis calls surrogacy ‘deplorable,’ calls for global ban in speech to ambassadors

Pope Francis called surrogacy “deplorable” and called for a global ban on the exploitative practice of “so-called surrogate motherhood.”

Cardinal Fernández responds to uproar over sexually explicit book: ‘I certainly would not write [that] now’

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, one of the most powerful men in the Vatican, responded to criticism about a book he wrote in the 1990s on spirituality and sensuality.