MERCER COUNTY — People said, “It was tough to watch” when the steeple of a historic Catholic church collapsed from a fire Thursday. Crews were called to the fire at St. John the Baptist ...

Crews were called to the fire at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein around 2:30 p.m., according to Joe Hartings, Chickasaw Volunteer Fire Department fire chief. As reported on ...

Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant religious order within the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off, is historic. Then, being from Chicago ...

Five Catholic churches closed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been put up for sale, becoming the first wave to hit the market since a mammoth reorganizing plan took effect last year.

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...

"And I think that's the start. You know, it's an incomplete project." The Catholic Church maintains that only men can be ordained as priests, viewing this not as a cultural tradition but as ...

The Catholic Church announced that priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in ...

The papal name of the Catholic Church’s new leader will be revealed shortly after he is elected by his fellow cardinals at the conclave, the voting process which begins on Wednesday.

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