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.

CHICAGO -- In the wake of published reports earlier this week that Pope John Paul II said Roman Catholic attorneys must refuse to accept divorce cases, Catholic leaders in Chicago believe the ...

(Restores dropped word to make lede para read "lay Catholic employees") PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) - Germany's Roman Catholic Church, an influential voice for reforms prompted by Pope Francis, has decided ...

Pope Francis released a document Friday that paves the way for new integration into the Roman Catholic Church for divorced Catholics, but does little to soften the church’s strict views on hot-button ...

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 ...

The bishops of the Philippines this week are urging their fellow citizens to move slowly and carefully as the country considers legalizing civil divorce for the first time in its history. The country ...