Workers have completed a phase of conservation work on historic murals by the late artist Maxo Vanka at St. Nicholas Croatian ...

Frank Connor, a member of the Order of Saint Augustine, a mendicant religious order within the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV "being an American, first off, is historic. Then, being from Chicago ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes ... here was to see the inside of the Sistine Chapel, ...

With multiple episcopal sees standing vacant and others soon to be without bishops, Asia’s largest Catholic nation faces a potential pastoral leadership crisis as the Church awaits new ...

BAY CITY, MI – The decision whether to close a Catholic church in Bay City’s south end remains on hold after members of the Saginaw Diocese heard feedback from parishioners this week.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A beloved church that's stood at the heart of Chicago's Ashburn neighborhood for more than six decades held its final Mass on Sunday morning. St. Thomas More Church was built in ...

Tensions remain over the balance between what the church says violates the sacramental seal of confession and a duty to report child abuse or neglect. The Catholic church has been wracked by a ...

What no one saw coming was that somewhere across years of this essentially sectarian conflict, the American Catholic Church, still reeling from endemic molestations and cover-ups, began looking ...

But he isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City. The territory is home to almost 900 people and covers 0.5 ...

Singapore’s Cardinal William Goh believes Pope Leo XIV will build a greater unity within the Church, particularly for Catholic faithful often divided on matters of Church doctrine and morality.

They focus on a sweet, sentimental travesty of the Catholic religion — a kind of Hallmark greeting-card version of the faith. In other words, it is the Church of Nice, not the Church of Nicaea.

“So,” he added, “it’s really interesting how God prepared him for this kind of task of being a leader in the Catholic Church.” “This is one of those people who helps you see the ...