Today in History for July 12: In 1191, the armies of the Third Crusade (1189-92), led by England's King Richard I (The Lionhearted), captured the Syrian seaport of Acre, now located in northern Israel ...

The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Sister Jane Falke celebrates 70 years as a Catholic nun in Kansas this week. She entered religious life when she was 15.

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...

Let’s not forget that, once upon a time, Catholicism was quite active in those countries. The Church honors “three kings” as ...

Pope Leo XIV is a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, the oldest monastic order, and as Prior General of the order, he ...

1946: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized by Pope Pius XII as the first American saint. The Italian-American nun ...

July 6th has been a date packed with remarkable events across centuries, continents, and disciplines.One of the most ...

"Many people are afraid, and I see now that church attendance is less," said the chaplain of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Haitian Catholic community.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis. Leo made the announcement during a meeting of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Catholic Diocese of Cleveland has unveiled plans for a $15 million revitalization of the historic Chancery Building on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland.

Kentucky and Indiana resume their annual high school basketball All-Stars series this weekend with games in Lexington and Indianapolis. What to know: ...