As word spread among Catholics that immigration agents were visiting places of worship to carry out deportations, the pews ...

Amid concern over immigration enforcement raids in the area, the Bishop of San Bernardino, California, on July 8 issued a dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass for the faithful if ...

The Council of Nicaea in 325, whose 1,700th anniversary the global Church is now marking, was a pivotal moment in Christian history. It was the first ecumenical council, and it addressed a fundamental ...

The priests of the only entirely Christian town in the West Bank issued a joint appeal for an end to “the ongoing and grave ...

Though Blessed Solanus Casey died many decades ago, Detroit has never forgotten the Capuchin Franciscan priest, whose feast day is July 30. Authentic and approachable, Father Solanus (18 ...

The Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth.