Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global ...

honoring Pope Francis and his final salute to the crowd on Easter Sunday. “Greetings … to all of you, and in particular, to my beloved diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, where a faithful people ...

Melczek ordained eight men as Gary diocese deacons at an ordination Mass Saturday at Cathedral of the Holy Angels. According to the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, seven men were ...

The Catholic Diocese of Richmond announced Monday it was reviewing allegations of sexual abuse made against four former priests, including one who spent part of his career in Roanoke. William ...

(Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images) (ALBERTO PIZZOLI, AFP or licensors) RICHMOND, Va. – The Catholic Diocese of Richmond released a statement on ...

The two Catholic Dioceses in Virginia released a list Wednesday naming 51 priests found by the church to have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children in incidents ranging from the 1950s ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A senior at John Marshall High School died following a shooting on Sunday, just over two weeks before he was supposed to graduate. At 2:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 11 ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been elected as the new pope, now Pope Leo XIV. Bishop Barry Knestout of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond expressed hope and called for peace ...

Bishop Barry Knestout of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond expressed hope and called for peace following the pope's election. Pope Leo XIV, formerly a missionary, is the first American-born leader ...

Br. Paul Graupmann, Jeff Pooley and Simon Ortiz came one step closer to the priesthood this past weekend. Pooley and Ortiz ...

Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, host Mark Ross gets perspective from Bishop Mark Seitz and Father Michael Lewis of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, and Dr. Clayton Bench, Director of UTEP's Religious ...

The Nashville Diocese’s message to parishes is not a dispensation from the Sunday Mass obligation, but reflects the church’s own teaching and canon law about the impact of serious ...