St. John Central Academy in Bellaire is set to close its doors, the school's Board of Directors announced on Facebook.The board cited a lack of funding as the ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

This follows several years of anecdotal reports of a surge of people joining the Catholic Church, especially among young people, across many dioceses in numerous countries. The Catholic Church ...

Catholic parishes ... rides back to Nativity B.V.M. Church following the benediction. “Please join us during this Jubilee Year, on the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, to pray for God ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has long advocated for robust federal nutrition programs, but our current political moment demands more comprehensive action from the church itself.

Three new proposed chemical plants could more than quadruple ammonia production in the Donaldsonville area, leaving Ascension ...

The first reading text from Acts says: ... As they were looking on, Jesus was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight. ... They were looking intently in the sky as he was going. Consider ...

The Paschal Mystery — Christ’s Passion, Death, Resurrection and Ascension — will always be “recurring events” on the Church’s calendar through the Mass, which is continually celebrated ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

In response, the Archdiocese of Seattle said, "Catholic clergy may not violate the seal of confession—or they will be excommunicated from the Church." On Tuesday, the Catholic League published ...

Hence our three separate feasts of Easter, Ascension and Pentecost. But the initial experiences of the nascent church were probably more conjoined, more continuous. In the resurrection of Jesus ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A beloved church that's stood at the heart of Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood for more than six decades held its final Mass on Sunday morning. St. Thomas More Church was built in ...