McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will take over an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday.

At a Mass celebrated at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains after ...

Pilgrims who visit Rome during the Jubilee, a holy year celebrated every 25 years, will have the opportunity to receive a plenary indulgence by passing through the doors.

When he opened the “Holy Door” to the Basilica of St. Peter on Christmas Eve, Pope Francis initiated the Holy Year 2025 — a ...

Margaret Corinne Vener, 86, of Grey Eagle, MN (formally of Arlington, MN), passed away Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at the St.

Churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of worship are being converted into ...

But some congregations are using their land in new ways that reflect their faith – a focus of my urban planning research.

ROME -- Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century ...

Bernice M. Miller, 90, of Arlington, Iowa, died peacefully on Tuesday morning, December 24, 2024, at the Good Neighbor ...

The Vatican rendered a Catholic monastery in North Texas "extinct" after one of its nuns reportedly broke her chastity vows. According to the Houston Chronicle, the judgment follows a year-long ...

A row of candles in glass holders surrounded by red poinsettia plants stood on a table draped in black. Dozens of people sat ...