Washington bishops say a new law unfairly targets the Roman Catholic church and stifles protections surrounding previously ...

Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

Roman Catholic bishops from the state of Washington have filed a lawsuit challenging a new law that forces them to violate ...

Washington’s leading Catholic bishops filed a lawsuit Thursday contending the new state law requiring religious leaders to ...

Inside Vatican City, the home of Pope Leo, lies a vast collection of Indigenous artifacts and cultural objects that some ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

Father Michael J. Kelley was honored by his flock at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Washington, D.C., and by family and ...

The Associated Press VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members.

As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite ... obligation. The Catholic Church is truly universal since it unites so many diverse rites, whose members share a common faith.

In modern times, the fiesta of La Virgen de la Puerta is lavishly celebrated in the town of Otuzco, where thousands of ...

THE concept of tenure for life for ministers is “challenged to breaking point by our changed historical context”, the General ...

Promoting peace requires training people's hearts and minds to be concerned about others and perceive the common good, Pope ...