Near the anniversary of his sudden and early death from a heat stroke on a hot, steamy Chicago street in July 1897, ...

Nearly 100 American men and women from the United States are currently being considered for sainthood. And many Catholics ...

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

On my 67th birthday, traveling here alone, I prayed the rosary to the Creator of all things seen and unseen on a string of ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed that priests must be celibate. And he has insisted that bishops take "firm and decisive" action to deal with sex abusers.

A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed ... to create a culture of prevention across the church. Francis, who in many ways placed Leo in position to succeed him, had also reaffirmed celibacy for Latin rite ...

Pope Francis arrives at Castel Gandolfo, where he will spend a period of rest, at around 5 p.m. A large group of faithful, ...

During the celebration, Pope Leo XIV revived the ancient tradition of personally imposing the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.

Archbishop Midyphil Billones of Jaro, Iloilo, received the pallium from Pope Leo XIV during a Mass for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul at St. Peter’s Basilica on June 29. The pallium—a narrow ...

Mengeling, the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, died in the early hours of July 1, the Diocese announced on its website, at the Mother Teresa House for the Care of the Terminally Ill in ...