Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th ...

Once a refuge for socially conservative ideologues, American Catholicism is now a brand for sale to the highest bidder — and ...

Immigration is a topic that evokes very strong emotions in many people. I write not as an expert on immigration, or from a ...

The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven images", i.e. statues. Allegedly the Catholic Church condones statue worship. Now one version of ...

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...

The feast of the Chair has ancient origins. Some of the earliest complete Christian calendars date to the sixth century, and ...

On the occasion of his 60th anniversary as a priest, Archbishop Ramón Benito de la Rosa shares 10 pieces of advice for all ...

Alan Ritchson has returned as Reacher for season 3 of the Amazon Prime Video series – but away from Hollywood he lives a ...

Catholic leadership in the United States is suing Donald Trump ’s administration to reverse the president’s abrupt suspension of tens of millions of dollars in funding for refugee resettlement, which ...

One faith-based aid group that appears to be surviving Mr. Trump’s drastic cuts is Samaritan’s Purse, the behemoth ...