The pontiff offers something rare: a pastor-leader urging the church to reclaim the dignity of every person — not as an ...

This year will go down as one of the best and worst years ever to be a Catholic in the United States.

He also prayed that families find strength, young people find meaning and people of faith seek greater communion.

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that “Deaths in 2025” – an entry that includes Pope Francis – was their ...

Reclaiming American Catholicism,' coming in at nearly 400 pages, is a comprehensive and meticulous synopsis of many of the ...

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

In Rome, Silicon Valley executives looked for the sacred under frescoed ceilings. But in Rio’s kitchens, Seoul’s basements, ...

A day before Pope Leo XIV spoke by livestream to teens at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, Kristie Hughes Dugan - ...

His beatification had been scheduled for Dec. 21, 2019, in Peoria, Illinois, before its postponement, a move that was ...

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A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to ...

On Jan. 23, hundreds of couples in Bangkok tied the knot in a mass wedding ceremony after a 2024 bill recognizing same-sex ...