Deacon Michael Laroche places ashes on the forehead of Edward Chandler Jr. and blesses Edward Chandler III on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church in Whitehall Township.

After a fire broke out Thursday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Maria Stein, the church was declared a loss by a local fire department.

The life of Pope Francis, the first Latin American and first Jesuit to serve as the Roman Catholic Church’s pontiff, lasted nearly nine decades and spanned several continents.

April 21 (UPI) --World leaders have issued tributes and condolences after the death of Pope Francis was announced Monday, one day after 1.4 billion Roman Catholics celebrated Easter. Politicians ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians, but not the other way around, differing in beliefs about the sacraments, the pope, the saints and the Virgin Mary.

Both Protestants and Roman Catholics accept Christ’s teaching that “he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,” and most churches celebrate some form of Communion service.

CATHOLICS, ROMAN. Roman Catholicism in Cleveland followed a pattern common to other industrial midwestern cities. The Catholic population grew dramatically in the 19th and early 20th centuries, ...