Stories about theologian entertaining Catholic Church stars (9)
I believe the answer is:
andromeda
'stars' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'stories about theologian entertaining catholic church' is the wordplay.
'stories' becomes 'ana' (suffix in words like Shaksperiana).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'theologian' becomes 'dd' (Doctor of Divinity degree).
'entertaining' indicates putting letters inside.
'catholic church' becomes 'rome' (Rome is the centre of the Catholic Church).
'dd' placed around 'rome' is 'dromed'.
'ana' enclosing 'dromed' is 'ANDROMEDA'.
(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "Constellation; daughter of Cassiopeia" , "Ethiopian princess" , "Greek maid seen in Milan" , "woman rescued by Perseus" , "Object in 21 [SPACE]" .)