THE issue of clerical abuse in the Irish Catholic Church has unearthed depths of depravity and corruption that those of us who soldier in the ranks of the lay faithful can scarcely fathom.

The pope outlined his strategy for the church in Africa today, telling Cameroon’s bishops to protect traditional family values and spare the poor from the impact of globalization.

Barack Obama's firebrand minister said the US leader was "like any other president", in an appraisal of his former parishioner's short time in the White House.

AUSTRALIANS mourning the lives lost in horrific wildfires last week sought comfort at churches yesterday even as firefighters continued to battle a dozen blazes still burning in the state.

The roof of a Brazilian church caved in shortly after a religious service, killing seven people and injuring dozens more.

THERE has been a flurry over the new document from Rome upholding the teaching that Christ founded the Catholic Church.