First team: Abby Froelich, senior, Dutchtown High, pitcher; Brooke Rabalais, junior, St. Amant High, catcher; Cayden Tullier, junior, East Ascension High, infield ...

Catholic parishes in Lorain will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension June 1 with a Eucharistic Procession during the first of its kind event, according to a news release. Mass, which begins at ...

Monsignor Julius J. Szabo, retired pastor of Ascension Catholic Church, North Tonawanda, and a former assistant director of Catholic Charities, died Sunday (Oct. 13, 2002) in Kenmore Mercy ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, succeeding Pope Francis. The 69-year-old, the first American to hold the position ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Born in Ireland, Monsignor Hunt will retire in Gulf Breeze, where he has led St. Ann Catholic Parish for four decades.

Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant religious order within the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off, is historic. Then, being from Chicago ...

A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m. Friday, May 16, 2025, at Ascension Catholic Church, Boca Raton, with a viewing one hour prior. A private burial will follow in Our Lady Queen of Peace ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of ...

A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th pontiff, taking the papal name Leo XIV. More ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty Leo ...