The 14 soon-to-be saints each exemplified heroic virtue and witnessed to holiness within their unique vocations, including ...

The Jesuits became known as the schoolmasters of Europe, and over time emerged as the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and one of the greatest influences in Western civilization. Today, ...

To not acknowledge Columbus is insane,” said Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Heritage Coalition. “Of course it’s an ...

In North Jersey, church weddings are becoming as obsolete as the garter toss. What could bring them back in fashion?

On Oct. 17, the Roman Catholic Church remembers the early Church Father, bishop, and martyr St. Ignatius of Antioch, whose writings attest to the sacramental and hierarchical nature of the Church ...

Alexandre Fischer discusses "How Spiritual Perception Brings Healing," presented by First Church of Christ, Scientist, San Rafael, at 2 p.m. in person at San Rafael Community Center at 618 B St. in ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back ...

8, a feast day on the Catholic calendar. It will be the 10th such ceremony ... acknowledging the growth of the Roman Catholic church in Africa, Asia and Latin America, even as church attendance ...

In sharp contrast, Ash Wednesday is a day in the Catholic church calendar marked by fasting, prayer and denying self of body pleasures in remembrance of the suffering of Christ. For the first time ...

St John’s joins Manhattan University, Seton Hall University, and Niagra University in the move to eliminate Columbus Day from ...

Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy ...

Vermont’s Catholic church has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces more than 30 lawsuits alleging child sex abuse by clergy decades ago. Bishop John McDermott says in the court filing on ...