For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Workers on the roof were placing shingles when they saw smoke and called 911. Large flames and black smoke were later seen ...

MARIA STEIN — The Archdiocese of Cincinnati has issued a statement after a fire damaged a beloved local Catholic church. News ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

People said, “It was tough to watch” when the steeple of a historic Catholic church collapsed from a fire Thursday.>>PHOTOS: Smoke, flames pour from large fire at local Catholic church[DOWNLOAD: Free ...

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim who were shot and killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum May 21, pose ...

With his surprise election and appointment of Cardinal Sarah, Pope Leo XIV is redefining Catholic leadership, balancing ...

The prelates denounced the murder of Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington ...