The scandal of clerical abuse, the social upheaval of the 1960s, materialism, and “bad clericalism” all contributed to the dramatic decline of the Catholic Church in Ireland in the past 50 years.

St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church in Blue Springs, Missouri has dealt with vandalism twice in the past two weeks. Wooden crosses and political signs displayed on their lawn were damaged.

Leo XIV offers challenging encouragement to seminarians and younger priests who often felt unappreciated and even attacked by his predecessor.

In 2021, a survey by the Association of Catholic Priests found that only about 30% of Catholics in Ireland attend Mass weekly — a significant drop from 91% in 1975.

Vandals broke into Holy Family Catholic Church in Grand Blanc overnight and caused significant damage, including desecrating religious objects.

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (KCTV) - The Saint Robert Bellarmine Church leadership in Blue Springs, Missouri wants to find out who vandalized several signs asking people to vote ‘no’ on Amendment 3.

Clerical abuse has been in the news again lately. For more than two decades, horrific stories of abuse and coverup have been a mainstay of the news in the English-speaking world and beyond.

Now that Pope Francis has OK'd priests blessing same-sex couples, LGBTQ+ Catholics are figuring out how to ask for these blessings and whether they want them.

Traditional and familiar symbols, their origins, meaning and history -- Part IV : Individual and collective expression : instinctive, creative and imaginative symbolism.

While the Catholic vote used to be split fairly evenly between Republicans and Democrats, Trump won their support in 2024 by an 11 per cent margin with help from the Hispanic community.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a ...

Last year he simplified the elaborate funeral rites developed over centuries of tradition, a permeating characteristic of the Catholic Church.