THAT ardent Protestant before Protestantism, Saint Francis of Assisi, standing humbly before the great Pope Innocent, defended his wandering brothers, preaching without license, bringing souls to ...

The differences between Protestants and Roman Catholics are normally defined in terms of doctrine—papal in fallibility, Marianism, the nature of the church. But there is a difference that ...

With the start of the Reformation some 500 years ago, it might be worth trying to think a little about what the difference really was and is - and whether it still matters - between 'Protestantism ...

Protestantism’s yearning for clarity and purity in religion, and hence implicitly for the abolition of life’s ambiguities, may have affected Catholicism’s concentration on visible, tangible ...

Catholic life in the US has been effectively Protestant for decades, in that Catholics have felt free to pick and choose their beliefs, and have paid no disciplinary price for it — and indeed ...

Along those lines, in most Latin American countries, over half of the Protestant converts embraced Protestantism at age 25 or younger.

Before moving past this month's 500th anniversary of the start of the Protestant Reformation, let's think about what a recent Pew Forum survey says about Catholics and Protestants in the U.S ...

The renowned Vatican watcher Sandro Magister analyzes the growing debate among Catholic Italians regarding which Protestant denomonitations should be accepted in his weekly article published by L ...

A small c catholic: What has intrigued me most about Pope Francis is the way in which countless Protestants have moved into his fan club.