The Vatican celebrated Easter on Sunday without Pope Francis presiding, as the 88-year-old pontiff continues his recovery ...

Why the downgrade? Harvey’s parish was forced to relocate its traditional Latin Mass, an ancient version of the Catholic liturgy that has set off one of the fiercest controversies in modern ...

Organized by the Satanic Grotto, the “black mass” — an explicit parody of the Catholic Mass — is set to begin around 10 a.m. Originally slated to take place inside the Capitol rotunda ...

On Holy Thursday, more than 1,880 priests, bishops and cardinals renewed the promises made at their ordinations during the Chrism Mass inside St. Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis delegated ...

At the event, Satanists plan to mock a Catholic mass on the steps of the Capitol next Friday. In response, a group of Catholics are organizing a counter protest at the same time. Naumann’s 44 ...

The leader of a small group of self-described satanists and three other people were arrested Friday following a scuffle inside the Kansas Statehouse arising from an effort by the group's leader to ...

Tensions flared at the Kansas Statehouse on Friday, culminating in the arrest of the leader of a Satanic group and at least one other person during a clash over religious freedom and the separation of ...

Last Sunday, he returned to St Peter's Square for the first time to greet the faithful at the Mass for the Jubilee — the Catholic Church's holy year.

The murder of a Kansas Catholic priest at his church’s rectory was carried out "intentionally and with premeditation," a prosecutor said. Gary Hermesch, 66, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, remains in ...

The state’s Catholic Bishops called what the group planned “a despicable act of anti-Catholic bigotry” mocking the Catholic Mass. Both chambers of the Legislature also approved resolutions ...