Catholics celebrated Easter Vigil in the Holy Night at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday, marking what Pope ...

Many prisoners were drawn to this cheerful, yet profound, man of God, and converted to the Catholic faith. Father Kicman, who suffered from heart disease, had to be hospitalized. His nephew ...

As a young man with a powerful fastball, Matthew Shaughnessy turned down an offer to pitch for the Cleveland Indians so he ...

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains this Sunday's Palm Sunday Gospel account of Jesus’ crucifixion and death as a celebration of God’s love, a costly love that knows no bounds.

The booklet claims that the Catholic Church dropped the "Second Commandment" which forbids "graven images ... of God. In the Ten Commandments, we are told to honor our mother and father (Deut.

Anne McNeill Gattman, 60, is principal of St. Jerome School in Maplewood, a Catholic elementary and middle school she helped salvage with a radical enrollment boost. She and her husband, Jim, are ...

For the first time in almost 10 years, Christians of all stripes will be celebrating Easter, which commemorates the ...

KALAYAAN, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the ...

Almost all Americans — 92 percent of adults — say they experience some form of spiritual belief, whether in a god, human ...

Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest and Korean War hero from Kansas, was recently moved one step closer to canonization as a saint. That could mean big changes for his small hometown.

My values and principles were initially cultivated by the Catholic Church. Jesus’ honesty in representing the poor and downtrodden resonated with me. His teachings allowed me to understand that, for ...

Drew was particularly inspired by the Jesuit paleontologist Teilhard de Chardin, who saw creation as imbued with the Spirit. ...