Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

The church maintains careful preservation of St. Teresa’s body The Catholic Church is still walking a fine line between spiritual veneration of St. Teresa's remains and scientific investigation.

The remarkably preserved body of an early modern saint, St. Teresa of Avila, has been exhibited in Spain months after being found "miraculously incorrupt" last year.

Here is a brief summary of how the Roman Catholic Church recognises sainthood. The process that can lead to sainthood, known as a "cause", cannot usually start until five years after a person's death.

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated saints, Francis and Clare, but its newest ...

Researchers are beginning to reveal details about St. Teresa of Avila, the 16th-century Catholic saint whose body was found miraculously intact last year.

The Catholic Church is filled with female saints who accomplished incredible feats for the Church and serve as role models for women around the world. Here is a list of inspiring quotes from 10 female ...

The Catholic tradition, rich in spiritual warfare theology, acknowledges that sexual sin is not merely a moral failing but often a battleground for demonic influence. Satan, who seeks to distort what ...

Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in order to address cases where priests use purported mystical experiences ...