The countdown to the 250th anniversary of American independence has begun—here are 9 museum exhibitions to add to your ...

There are several female Catholic saints from North America. They include St. Kateri Tekakwitha, a 17th century Mohawk-Algonquin woman canonized in 2012. An elaborate canonization ceremony ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered "sensational" 18th-century heraldic tiles beneath a Polish monastery, featuring rare glazed designs with bishop's coat of arms dating from 1711-1730.

The Rev. James Kelly baptized and married thousands of people, ministered to the ill at hospitals and traveled the world.

The Cross of Gratitude was recently welcomed by a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the first ...

Struck down, not destroyed: Keeping my faith while covering the Catholic Church Colleen Dulle June 26, 2025 St. Peter’s Basilica and Square in Vatican City (iStock/zodebala) ...

A Man Full of Trouble is Philadelphia’s last remaining example of colonial bar culture that birthed the American Revolution.

Establishing freedom of religion was a hard-fought success of the American Founding. Today we are still fighting.

About the Talk On April 1, 2002, in the inaugural lecture of the Boisi Center’s series on “The Prophetic Voices of the American Churches,” the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, President of Catholic Charities USA ...

DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — A sunken 18th-century boat has been discovered by chance near the majestic stone walls of Croatia’s medieval city of Dubrovnik.