Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...

He seemed to know everyone at the Holy See, and it showed in his reporting for the National Catholic Reporter and his website ...

Seven key takeaways from a new study examining the effects of the three-year Eucharistic Revival, in which thousands of U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archbishop Timothy Broglio conducts an Easter Sunday Mass at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in ...

The Venerable Fulton J. Sheen’s mastery of public evangelization made him the 20th century’s most important priest, with lessons for the 21st.

Update: White smoke poured from the chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon at the Vatican, indicating that the cardinal electors in the conclave had chosen a new pope. The most ...

When a pope dies or resigns, the Catholic Church enters one of its most secretive rituals. Cardinals from around the world ...

(RNS) — ‘The current climate of fear and polarization, which thrives when human dignity is disregarded, does not meet the ...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, often called “the conscience of the nation,” has been trying to tone down the uproar after ...

EDITORIAL: The Church has a lot to say about a subject that many of us may not want to think about. That’s the premise of the Register’s first-ever ‘Death Issue.’ As the late fashion model Anita Colby ...