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

Pope Leo XIV has tapped Father Thomas Hennen, vicar general of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, to be the next bishop of Baker ...

The Catholic Encyclopedia describes the situation this way: "Within the Catholic Church ... Canonical rites, which are of equal dignity, enjoy the same rights, and are under the same obligations.

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

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

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

The Vatican has released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church's responsibility to protect the Earth.