St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, the oldest Eastern Catholic Church in the state of Indiana and in Chicagoland, blessed the waters of Lake Michigan Sunday. Father Andrew Summerson led a sung ...

St. Patrick Church in East Chicago is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Northwest Indiana, dating back to 1902, but will soon close as a place of worship. The Diocese of Gary is consolidating ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has long advocated for robust federal nutrition programs, but our current political moment demands more comprehensive action from the church itself.

"And I think that's the start. You know, it's an incomplete project." The Catholic Church maintains that only men can be ordained as priests, viewing this not as a cultural tradition but as ...

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 ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in ...

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Eastern Catholic leaders are remembering Pope Francis for bringing significant attention to their churches and traditions throughout his papacy, in a legacy marked by fraternity and many firsts, while ...

Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said Pope ...

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

But moments like this provide an opportunity to look at the long-term consequences of church-state relations around the world. Britain, of course, has a complicated history with the Catholic church.