While one in five Americans identifies as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

U.S. Catholics’ religious observance varies widely. Find out how often they take Communion, pray the rosary and attend a ...

About three-in-ten are “cultural” or former Catholics, or have other ties to the faith, according to Pew Research Center.

According to the Rev. John Wauck, professor of church communication at the Pontifical Holy Cross University in Rome, Leo’s ...

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Originally founded a century ago, the Swiss Catholic Women’s Federation was established to preserve Catholic life in families ...

Tensions remain over the balance between what the church says violates the sacramental seal of confession and a duty to report child abuse or neglect. The Catholic church has been wracked by a ...

After a fire broke out Thursday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein, the church was declared a loss by a local fire department. The church is located at 8533 Ohio 119 No ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A beloved church that's stood at the heart of Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood for more than six decades held its final Mass on Sunday morning. St. Thomas More Church was built in ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.