A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

The People Church presented plans to buy the church and landmark the sanctuary, but former parishioners who fought for years ...

After a lengthy and tangled dispute over ownership of one of South Florida’s oldest Christian Orthodox churches, its long-time leadership has lost a pivotal legal battle — and the keys to the ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica ... one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. And in January, Francis elevated ...

As the bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ... is the first American pope in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. "I'm looking forward to finding out more about what he's done in the ...

An official letter from the Vatican Dicastery places a hold on the order to merge SS. Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church and St. James Catholic Church, which was issued by an official decree of the ...

As pontiff, Francis, who died Monday at age 88, sought to bring the Church closer to the people ... surprising many with a brief appearance in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, blessing ...

Mourners lined up for miles to see the body of Pope John Paul II ... in St. Peter’s Square. The election of a pope is a deeply consequential decision for the Catholic Church, whose followers ...

A worker removes grout during tuck pointing of the native limestone at St. Peter & Paul Catholic Church on State Street in Alton on Monday, April 7, 2025. The church, built in its current location ...

The 57-year-old was found "suffering from gunshot wounds" Thursday when police responded to a 911 call at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, and later died at a local hospital ...

Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was taken into custody Thursday afternoon following the attack on Father Arul Carasala, 57, at the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca ...

The fourth-graders heard gunfire erupt inside the rectory of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, where Gary Hermesch, 66, allegedly killed 57-year-old Rev. Raj “Arul” Balaswamy ...