In a June 24 statement, Lincoln, Nebraska, Bishop James Conley called the event a “blatant public display of faith-based ...

The Catholic Church in the United States comprises over 16,700 parishes, more than 6,000 elementary and secondary schools, and hundreds of hospitals and social service agencies.

The Catholic Church said at the time that only men could be ordained as deacons and priests, a doctrine it maintains to this day. But in the 1970s, many in the church saw glimmers of hope.

The Catholic church's social service arm in Chicago uses lobbying firm that also represents abortion provider Catholic Charities uses Cozen O’Connor for state government lobbying.

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse — and the Department of Justice has their back.

The role of women in the Catholic Church is a big issue 04:00. With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church.

But the 23 Eastern Catholic churches, with their own rites and traditions, are "here to stay -- to be encountered, dialogued (with) and appreciated," said Murzaku, who holds a research doctorate from ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.

Church-state relations. The Vatican's political influence is often underestimated. The Roman Catholic church is the only religious body that is, at the same time, a sovereign political state ...

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 ...

Visitation at the George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 477 Washington Street, Wellesley on Friday, April 11, from 8:30am-9:30am followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Julia’s Church, 374 Boston ...

Russell R. LaFlash, Sr., 84 of Leicester, MA ... within the catholic community and more particularly within his parishes at St. Paul's Cathedral and Christ the King Church. ... Wellesley Hills, MA ...