COMMENTARY: As the Catholic Church marks the 150th anniversary of Pastor Aeternus, it is an occasion for us to be grateful for the gift of the teaching authority of the Church, especially that of the ...

David T. King, a Reformed Protestant pastor and apologist, made the following extraordinary statement in his self-published book, Holy Scripture: The Ground and Pillar of Our Faith: No Church father ...

Priests lie prostrate before Pope Benedict XVI during their ordination Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 7, 2006. (CNS/Chris Helgren) Rome-- When Pope Benedict XVI used the word ...

Editor's note: Fr. Hans Küng, the Swiss theologian, says that he has received a letter from Pope Francis that responds "to my request to give room to a free discussion on the dogma of infallibility." ...

What’s the deal with papal infallibility? Can the pope modify any church teaching he so desires, and Catholics would have to obey? Can he make abortion OK? What about worshipping Satan? —Gabriel ...

Infallibility is the notion that someone or institution cannot make mistakes or do something wrong. It was a concept used to sustain the authority of the Catholic Pope when the Church was the state ...

The priest, who died peacefully in his sleep in Germany on April 6 at the age of 93, crossed swords with the Vatican on important issues such as governance, liturgy, birth control, clerical celibacy, ...

Symbolic vote questioned: Members’ near-unanimous hand-raising to ‘sustain’ leaders prompts questions about whether it signals full agreement or belief in infallibility. Meaning of consent: Church ...

Pope Francis faced a testing year in 2018, which culminated in a spate of resignations that challenged his authority as the head of the Catholic Church. This begs the question: how much authority do ...