A city place of worship is receiving some upgrades. Crews have erected scaffolding around St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, at 913 Mahantongo St., Pottsville, and have begun making repairs ...

The landmark that has been called the oldest Catholic church building in Schuylkill County – the former St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Pottsville – is on the market. The Diocese of ...

Sep. 27—POTTSVILLE — The aroma of bean soup cooking over an open fire wafted over Ninth Street and Schuylkill Avenue on Saturday, continuing a tradition started 55 years ago. In 1967, the late ...

POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Gerry Schwartz is working with Pottsville parishioners at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church to help keep the homeless warm and fed this Lenten season with Blessing Bags.

Crews were called to the fire at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.

With permission from Bishop Edward Fenwick in 1823, Shorb carved off 5 acres of his farm for the first St. John the Baptist Church, the first Catholic church in Northeast Ohio.

Rev. Gulyassy, who arrived when the church was divided by factions, stabilized the parish and guided the growth of the church until his death in 1966. In the late 1950s, St. John's was threatened by ...

A Catholic priest from a small Nebraska city was fatally knifed by a suspect who broke into the church’s rectory early Sunday morning, according to authorities and church officials. Sheriff ...

POTTSVILLE, Pa. — Shanna Deibert says going to mass every Sunday at St. John the Baptist Church is one of her favorite things to do with her family.

The Rev. Stephen Gutgsell was assaulted “during an invasion” of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Nebraska. A suspect was arrested.

Hope remains to save historic Catholic church engulfed in flames, Archdiocese says There’s a chance crews might be able to save a historic church that went up in flames on Thursday.