A slew of parishes were set to close or consolidate July 1, including Oakbrook Terrace’s Ascension of Our Lord Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV left the group with a prayer and a blessing and a message of unity. And in that papal gallery within the ...

Church leaders in the Holy Land made a joint visit to the only all-Christian town in the West Bank after it suffered attacks ...

Ministries are essential and legitimized services, conferred for life to individuals who have been carefully trained and ...

Pantomime pageantry and Satanic provocation is all well and good, but there’s deeper, more subversive purpose in Ghost’s ...

In 2022, Ascension Health, which had been part of Presence and then AMITA, took sole ownership of Mercy. And hospital leaders, acknowledging Mercy’s watered-down reputation, promised a return to its ...

The Council of Nicaea in 325, whose 1,700th anniversary the global Church is now marking, was a pivotal moment in Christian history. It was the first ecumenical council, and it addressed a fundamental ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago. The youngest of 13 children of Italian farmers, she ...

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Leo XIV reiterated his willingness to host representatives of Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican for ...

Pier Giorgio Frassati, the “Saint Francis of Turin,” will be beatified on September 7, 2025. A layman of deep faith, he lived ...

Pope Leo XIV has arrived at the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo to start a six-week vacation. He's giving the hilltop ...