ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

The case, a major test of the separation of church and state, was an unexpected loss for those advocating a greater role for ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

A surge of people converting to Orthodox Christianity is helping local parishes here buck the national trend of declining ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic ...

A tie vote, with Justice Barrett recusing, upholds an Oklahoma Supreme Court decision blocking state funding for a ...

Justice Amy Coney Barrett's absence due to recusal was key to the outcome of the case, and the issue could return to the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 4-4 ruling that preserves the distinction between church and state — for the time being. The ...

A divided U.S. Supreme Court voted 4-4 in the appeal of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was a test case ...