As judicial vicar for the Harrisburg Diocese, the Rev. Paul Clark works closely with couples who are in the process of getting a divorce or seeking to remarry. Gone, he says, are the days when U.S ...

But the church could go further by applying much of what the pope’s letter advocates with regard to the divorced and remarried to Catholics in interfaith marriages.

Pope Francis Calls For More Grace, Less Dogma On Divorce And Remarriage : The Two-Way On Friday, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church should work with couples to determine the best ...

Although Catholics divorce at somewhat lower rates than the general population, there are an estimated 4.5 million divorced and remarried Catholics in the U.S. who have not received an annulment.

Pope Francis’ call Wednesday for a church of “open doors” that welcomes divorced Catholics prompted speculation over whether he was signaling support for easing the ban on Communi… ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a new book to be released days before the world’s Catholic bishops gather at the Vatican, hard-liners are challenging moves to moderate church doctrine on marriage and ...

Catholic teaching considers divorced Catholics who remarry are living in sin and are not allowed to receive Communion, leaving many of these people feeling shunned by their church.

Declaring that “today is a time of mercy,” Pope Francis on Sunday closed a historic meeting of bishops that approved an important new direction in welcoming divorced and civilly remarried ...

The head of the Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia is closing the door opened by Pope Francis to letting civilly remarried Catholics receive Communion, saying the faithful in his archdiocese ...

The archbishop emeritus of Prague responds to criticism of his ‘dubia’ about Holy Communion for remarried-and-divorced couples and discusses the major challenges for the Church in the face of ...

EDMONTON, Canada — Divorced Catholics who have remarried civilly are welcome to seek reconciliation with the Church, but they need to be sure they are following the right path, some Catholic ...

Bill O'Reilly's divorce from his ex-wife Maureen McPhilmy got so ugly, he tried to have her booted from the Catholic Church, Gawker reports.O'Reilly and McPhilmy split on April 2, 2010 and ...