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

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

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St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America. Orthodoxy — the ...

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 ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

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) ...

Pope Francis honored women's contributions to the life of the church. I trust Pope Leo XIV to do the same.

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America ...

Richard Adamsky, a teacher at Nativity of Our Lord Parish School in Warminster, Pa., and a youth sports coach, faces child porn charges, officials say.

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.