Why excommunicate people? Is this not a strange holdover from the medieval Church? Excommunication is a punitive device on the part of the Church and is more than merely denying holy Communion. It ...

Catholic outrage over the Trump administration's Iran rhetoric intensified Tuesday after a powerful message from Pope Leo ...

Many people believe that excommunication is the Catholic Church's equivalent of capital punishment — the worst punishment that the church can impose on a believer. Some even see it as the earthly ...

Although called different things in different denominations, there is a process of separating congregants from the body of their house of prayer. Most religions also offer offending members a way back ...

I asked Mary Ann Sorrentino if she is still — 36 years after it happened — excommunicated from the Catholic Church. It brought a chuckle. “Oh, once you’re out,” she said, “you’re out.” Clearly, at age ...

The Jesuit superior general, Father Arturo Sosa, has confirmed that Jesuit artist Father Marko Rupnik incurred an automatic excommunication in 2019 for absolving a woman he had sex with, a fact his ...

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An April 2 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) suggests an effort is underway within the Catholic Church to penalize President Joe Biden. “BREAKING: Biden facing excommunication from the ...

Throughout the extensive history of the Church, numerous events of lasting significance have occurred. Each week marks anniversaries of impressive milestones, unforgettable tragedies, amazing triumphs ...

Ann Stoltzfus Taylor spent much of her childhood growing up Amish on a farm near Intercourse. All of her relatives were Amish, her friends were Amish and she spent many of her days in an Amish ...

(RNS) — Many people believe that excommunication is the Catholic Church’s equivalent of capital punishment — the worst punishment that the church can impose on a believer. Some even see it as the ...