ANALYSIS: Two last-minute decisions to deny Catholic funeral rites highlight a broader campaign for rapprochement between ...

Pope Pius XII declared the dogma of the Assumption on Nov. 1, 1950. “The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, ...

The child, called Gabriel by his surrogate mother, McKenna West, was born in Dallas on Aug. 12. He was born amid an ongoing legal dispute after his biological parents, identified in court documents as ...

The pontiff’s message was published ahead of the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, observed on Sept. 27.

Archbishop Coakley is among the numerous U.S. bishops that regularly advocate against the death penalty. The Death Penalty ...

Archbishop Paul Coakley, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), addressed the loss of federal grant ...

Pope Leo sent a letter to Cardinal Arthur Roche for a conference on liturgical formation at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon Aug. 14–19. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ...

The Aug. 10 earthquake in Colombia caught countless people by surprise while attending Mass at various parishes including Most Holy Trinity in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, where the priest ensured ...

From shared meals and prayer to lasting friendships and peace of mind for parents, Centro Maria is helping young women thrive during their time in the nation’s capital. Young women gather for dinner ...

For St. Edith Stein, divine beauty is “the ultimate ground or cause of everything that is beautiful” and the remedy to the emptiness and superficiality of a world that seeks beauty without recourse to ...

Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz, Germany, who chairs the pastoral commission of the German Bishops’ Conference, said the Vatican’s reasoning on the ban on lay preaching is, in his view, “not entirely ...

ANALYSIS: The Sept. 25-28 papal trip will be a significant journey to the heart of secularized Europe, highlighted by ...