A new initiative, “Called By Name,” is the Archdiocese of New York’s latest attempt to spark interest in the priesthood.

Several options are available to the Holy Father, who has pledged to heal divisions and build bridges within the Church.

It is not important to be perfect, but it is necessary to be credible,” the pope said in his homily at the Mass in St.

At the Protestant Revolution, rood screens were demolished and altar rails became the boundary markers between the nave and the sanctuary. Catholic practice followed. That the altar rails also served ...

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

He’s especially critical of newspapers naming priests before their convictions ... the future of the Catholic Church lies firmly in Asia. And Cardinal You has become one of its most discreet ...

For most people, the word "exorcism" probably conjures up images of Catholic priests—compelled by ... Christians in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages could exorcize themselves, so to ...

The Rule of St. Augustine offered monks a firm structure for their daily lives of work and prayer, even before the mendicant ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, ...

Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Church leaders joined scores of American Catholics—many bearing U.S. flags—as the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV celebrated the traditional Mass of ...

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement after learning about ...