Pope Francis sought to make the church more welcoming, global and collegial, after his predecessors adopted more doctrinaire ...

Adherents are reviving old practices and growing more assertive in the battle for the future of the Church—and the nation.

Pope Francis is being remembered as a pastoral leader – and in some ways, his treatment of women in the Catholic Church was ...

Following the death or resignation of a pope, the camerlengo of the church, typically will take over as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church until a new pope is selected ...

Catholic churches across Western North Carolina will hold prayer events April 21 following the death of Pope Francis.

Before his death, Francis made further appointments demonstrating his commitment to integrating women into Church governance.

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

Dorsey, 73. “The loss [of a parish] can paralyze you but, if the church is going to grow, it has to be pruned. What ...

The fire started just before 2 p.m. at Saint Edmund Church on Rockaway Point Boulevard between Arcadia Walk and Beach 207 Street in Breezy Point.

The Catholic Church has, especially since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, taught the importance of the common spiritual heritage of Jews and Christians, and condemned any attempt to ...

VATICAN CITY - Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...