The Catechism of the Catholic Church was released in 1992 after years of development. It has helped generations of Catholics to deepen their understanding of their Christian faith. But those who want ...

Pope Francis on May 11 formally created a new official ministry in the Catholic Church for those who teach the fundamentals of the faith to children and others, opening the position to "men and women ...

A Catholic priest and a catechist who were abducted last month by a group of armed militia in Burma’s Chin state were released Aug. 4. A Catholic priest in Burma, also known as Myanmar, who asked not ...

Pope Francis will be creating a new official ministry in the Catholic Church for those who teach children and others the fundamentals of the faith, the Vatican announced May 5. The Vatican did not ...

Pope Francis will issue an apostolic letter next week on the ministry of catechist. The Holy See press office said May 5 that the papal letter, issued motu proprio (“on his own impulse”), would be ...

A Catholic official in Papua province has condemned the killing of Rufinus Tigau, a catechist whom Indonesian security forces accused of being a separatist. "We are very concerned with this incident ...

This is a composite photo of the books “Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,” and the “U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults.” (Credit: CNS composite/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.) ...

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, with Pope Francis at a gathering marking the 25th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church ...

WASHINGTON — For the third year in a row, a Catholic podcast has bolted out of the gate after New Year’s Day to become the No. 1 most popular on Apple Podcasts, beating out secular podcasts from The ...