Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his ...

In North Texas and across the nation, public school districts face a continued decline in enrollment and a budget deficit. For many school districts, the solution has been to close or consolidate ...

All Roman Catholics are Christians ... There are an estimated 1.4 billion Catholic adherents around the world. The Catholic News Agency earlier this year reported a slight increase in the number ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

NORWICH, Conn. (WTNH) — The sixth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Norwich was ordained Tuesday, marking a new era. Connecticut archbishop reacts to death of Pope Francis Bishop Richard ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a grand jury to investigate clergy ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the Church's 267th pontiff and a successor to Pope Francis on May 7, the Vatican said. Following are key facts about the conclave ...

CLEVELAND — Father Eric Garris, the vocation director for the Diocese of Cleveland, was overseas with other Catholic Church members from Ohio for the funeral of Pope Francis. “I was in Saint ...

A confirmation hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Monday on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse’s proposed plan to exit bankruptcy. It is expected to last for about a week. The diocese ...

VATICAN CITY — Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the ...

They were men gifted with great minds and pastoral hearts, communicating the Gospel and the Catholic faith to all humanity with unfailing concern for souls. "Yet, each man was also conscious of ...