--- title: Catholic Church | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/catholic-church/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/catholic-church/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Catholic Church ## Catholic Church *  May 24, 2018 ## [Ireland's Abortion Debate Is No Longer About the Church](https://time.com/5288580/ireland-referendum-young-secular-abortion-laws/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Siobhan Morrin *  Oct 13, 2017 ## [Pope Francis Wants Church to Change Doctrine on Death Penalty](https://time.com/4980984/pope-francis-death-penalty-catholic-church/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Eli Meixler *  Jul 10, 2017 ## [Vatican Says No to Gluten-Free Communion Wafers](https://time.com/4850893/vatican-gluten-free-eucharist-communion-wafers/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Kevin Lui *  Mar 22, 2017 ## [Pope Tells Youth to Resist 'False Reality' of Social Media](https://time.com/4708807/pope-francis-social-media-world-youth-day/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Ryan Kilpatrick *  Mar 9, 2017 ## [Pope Francis Wants to Consider Ordaining Married Men as Priests](https://time.com/4697536/pope-francis-ordain-married-men-priests/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Abigail Abrams *  Nov 30, 2016 ## [Pope Francis Met Martin Scorsese to Discuss His New Movie About Priests](https://time.com/4585989/martin-scorsese-meets-pope-francis/) by Melissa Locker *  Aug 29, 2016 ## [How Pope Francis and Mother Teresa Are Linked](https://time.com/4470920/how-pope-francis-and-mother-teresa-are-linked/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Elizabeth Dias *  Jul 21, 2016 ## [Argentinian Nuns Probed for Helping Former Minister Hide Wads of Cash in Convent](https://time.com/4416363/argentina-nuns-money-scandal/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Amanda Calvo *  May 30, 2016 ## [Pope Francis Honors George And Amal Clooney For Charity Work](https://time.com/4351741/pope-francis-george-amal-clooney/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by People *  Apr 13, 2016 ## [What Happened the First Time a Pope Visited a Synagogue](https://time.com/4280602/pope-john-paul-synagogue-visit/) [HISTORY](/section/history/) by Merrill Fabry *  Apr 4, 2016 ## [Protesters Want Poland to Abandon Abortion Law](https://time.com/4280264/protesters-poland-outlaw-abortion/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Simon Lewis *  Feb 22, 2016 ## [Brazil Weighs Stiffer Abortion Penalties](https://time.com/4230975/brazil-abortion-laws-zika-outbreak/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Matt Sandy *  Feb 11, 2016 ## [Vatican Says Bishops Don't Have to Report Child-Sex Abuse](https://time.com/4216974/vatican-guidelines-sex-abuse-bishops-training/) [WORLD](/section/world/) by Rishi Iyengar *  Nov 11, 2015 ## [Exclusive: Vatican Meets With U.S. LGBT Envoy](https://time.com/4108973/vatican-meets-with-u-s-state-departments-gay-and-lesbian-envoy/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Elizabeth Dias *  Oct 7, 2015 ## [Pope Francis's Popularity Extends Beyond Catholics and Conservatives](https://time.com/4065186/pope-francis-liberal-democrat-approval/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Tanya Basu ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/catholic-church/","name":"Catholic Church"}}]}] ```