Stories about theologian confining Catholic Church stars (9)
I believe the answer is:
andromeda
'stars' is the definition.
(Andromeda is a constellation)
'stories about theologian confining catholic church' is the wordplay.
'stories' becomes 'ana' (archaic term for anecdotes or gossip).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'theologian' becomes 'DD' (Doctor of Divinity degree).
'confining' is an insertion indicator.
'catholic church' becomes 'rome' (Rome is the centre of the Catholic Church).
'dd' going around 'rome' is 'dromed'.
'ana' enclosing 'dromed' is 'ANDROMEDA'.
(Other definitions for andromeda that I've seen before include "princess barely chained to rock" , "Pattern of stars" , "star group" , "Object in 21 [SPACE]" , "Constellation; bog rosemary" .)