Perhaps the largest U.S. gathering of those dedicated to carrying out the social ministry and teaching of the church, the ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in ...

More than half a million pilgrims crossed the threshold of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in the first two weeks after ...

Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the first African American cardinal, retires as archbishop of Washington and is succeeded by San ...

Retired Bishop William L. Higi, who was the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana, died Jan. 3 at the age of 91 ...

With places fully booked at Paris' iconic cathedral for months ahead, Notre Dame is not only back to its former glory but ...

Pope Francis has appointed Consolata Missionary Sister Simona Brambilla to be the first woman to lead a Vatican dicastery, naming her prefect of the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life ...

With his appointment as new archbishop of Washington Jan. 6, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy's term in the nation's capital will ...

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation's capital Jan. 3 for an evening of reflection and Eucharistic adoration ...

The president of the Spanish bishops' conference, Archbishop Luis Argüello of Valladolid, reacted to Spanish public ...

Father Henrykh Akalatovich, pastor of the Catholic parish in Valožyn, was sentenced to 11 years in a penal colony in Belarus ...