Bishop Alberto Rojas, who leads more than 1.5 million Catholics in Southern California, has formally excused parishioners ...

This history isn’t for everyone, but it is for Catholics wondering how and why. I pledge allegiance…. but to whom? In an age ...

‘Make the most of your youth’ Nuria Leal, a young woman from Valencia, Spain, was in charge of presenting the JEMJ events ...

The Diocese of Grand Rapids is planning to close some West Michigan churches and reorganize others due to what it says is a ...

Known for his large-scale participatory art projects, JR has embarked on a new project that breathes life into a historic ...

The Catholic Church — especially in Italy — was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a ...

A team of forensic archaeologists and crime scene experts will next week begin excavating and trying to identify the remains ...

A new report follows the money as it moves from reactionary advocacy groups and think tanks to groups waging war on women’s ...

A charity run by a local priest is suing the Town of Wales over a special use permit for a house the group owns in the town.

In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises authority in the Catholic Church must ''make oneself small,'' so that only Christ remains ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare independence from Spain. In 1814, during the War of ... disposal of the dead by cremation was officially sanctioned by the Roman ...