VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II, cracking down on what he considers serious abuses in his flock, issued a stern reminder Thursday that divorced Roman Catholics who remarry cannot receive communion.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS NEWS) -- The leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia says divorced and remarried parishioners should abstain from sex and live "like brother and sister" if they want ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People across the world are reflecting on how Pope Francis changed their lives, including those who have previously been divorced.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn — the archbishop of Vienna, the chief editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and a Church leader who was considered a papabile during the 2013 conclave that ...

NEW YORK -- 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 Communion for ...

The length of the average American marriage is 8.8 years, and 50 percent of all American marriages will end in divorce. Suffering through a divorce and resultant estrangements, I wondered would my ...

Rodriguez Maradiaga said he was sure Müller "will arrive at understanding other positions too," even if at the moment "he listens only to his group of advisers." On the question of divorced and ...

THE Catholic Church’s teaching on the indissolubility of marriage rests on a theological premise: the nature of a sacrament. In the Church’s theology, sacraments are privileged signs — signs ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia says divorced and remarried parishioners should abstain from sex and live “like brother and sister” if they want to ...

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