The Holy Cross and Blessed Sacrament parishes in Olyphant and Throop consolidated into one Tuesday, taking on a new identity ...

A federal jury in New Orleans has awarded a $2.4 million verdict to a victim of clergy sex abuse in what appears to be the ...

A Roman Catholic bishop has criticized the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts, which he says have ...

Inverted crosses visible as Pope Francis lay in state symbolise Saint Peter, ... Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died aged 88 on April 21.

A community blood drive will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in the church hall at St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church, 100 Main St., Carrolltown. According to the American Red Cross, donors of all ...

In an intensely spiritual moment, Jackie Webb leaned over and kissed the image of Christ crucified Tuesday evening in the ...

The Catholic Roman Missal book says, according to the Seminary, "In the Dioceses of the United States, the practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church from [the fifth] Sunday [of ...

Pope Francis, the Catholic Church's 266th pontiff, was the first Jesuit to lead the church in its nearly 2,000-year history. Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, died April 21 at age 88 .

Federal jury awards historic damages to man who says he was sexually abused at a school run by Holy Cross order ...

See scenes from the June 22 blessing and dedication of the historic papal cross—first erected for Pope St. John Paul II’s ...

The Alban bun, the original hot cross bun, became part of English culture as well as Catholic history on Good Friday over 650 years ago. Credit: Photo courtesy of St. Alban's Cathedral ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Massimo Faggioli, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University — the new Pope's alma mater — about the direction the Catholic Church will ...