The Catholic Church in the United States comprises over 16,700 parishes, more than 6,000 elementary and secondary schools, and hundreds of hospitals and social service agencies.

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

As Pope Leo XIV makes history as the first American-born pontiff, many are wondering what this means for the future of the Catholic Church and the political relationships with the United States.

What Pope Leo XIV means for the U.S. Catholic church and Trump. The new pope faces a divided church in his home country, as Catholics have split along political lines. May 9, 2025.

Catholics and church leaders in North Texas are celebrating the announcement of the first-ever American pope, Leo XIV. Both bishops of the DFW Catholic diocese spoke with NBC 5 on Thursday about ...

During an interview Thursday, J. Michael Treviño, a Houston-based devout Catholic lawyer and oil-and-gas consultant who's warned against the religious right's anti-immigration stances in Texas ...

Texas Catholic leaders react as the first American Pope, Pope Leo XIV, is selected to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world. Here's what they said.

Catholics are putting church over state when it comes to a new law requiring priests to report confessions about child abuse — and the Department of Justice has their back.

Remembering Pope Francis, the Catholic Church leader who broke with tradition 10:43. Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of ...

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons. But he upheld it in other areas, such as abortion and celibacy for priests.

How Pope Francis Changed The Catholic Church Upon his election, Pope Francis ' mandate was seen as revamping the Church, demonstrating that it could be a dynamic institution capable of adapting to ...

VATICAN CITY - Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month ...