Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

To have such a Mass celebrated in the mother church of England was ‘very impressive, very moving. We must pray a lot for the ...

While some victims have praised the commission's efforts, it has also been roiled by the resignations of several of its ...

What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

Ahead of Independence Day, the National Catholic Bioethics Center’s Edward Furton presented a lecture in the nation’s capital ...

In the 1870s, as the country moved uneasily into the post-Civil War Reconstruction era, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in ...

A sound that has resonated through the chapels and concert halls of Europe for nearly 40 years will soon fill sacred spaces in the nation’s capital, as the Schola Cantorum of the London Oratory School ...

New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

The latest networks of volunteers are hyperlocal and focused on responding to federal actions. As the crackdown becomes more intense, so could confrontations.

Sinn Féin MLA Declan Kearney has called for the immediate removal of flags at St Comgall’s Chapel Corner in Antrim.

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s use of the optional Mass during Ordinary Time should spur priests worldwide to do the same.

Sabrina Carpenter has received criticism from the Diocese of Brooklyn for filming the new music video for her song "Feather" in a Catholic Church in New York City.