More than 340 train passengers taken hostage by a militant group were freed on March 12 by security forces after a 30-hour ...

Religious sisters in El Salvador are joining the church's "Yes to life, no to mining" campaign, calling for the restoration ...

Archbishop William E. Lori is lowering the standard age for confirmation in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to 9. The age had ...

In the light of the Resurrection, we as a local Church must unswervingly understand our vocation as disciples of hope …’ ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy was installed March 11 as the eighth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, during a nearly two-hour liturgy in which he encouraged the faithful of his new ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy emphasized the importance of Christian hope, mercy and respecting human dignity in a homily in the ...

I am angry about Cardinal Timothy Dolan's remark that the pontiff was “probably close to death.” What we need is Pope Francis ...

The Catholic Community of Plainview’s next Good Shepherd program is March 15 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church cafeteria, 410 W. 28th St. The Good Shepherd program includes ...

As the country faces fresh bloodshed, Bishop Hanna Jallouf, Apostolic Vicar of Aleppo, warned against division and urges ...

The Catholic Diocese of Steubenville’s apostolic administrator Tuesday released a report on the state of the diocese, raising ...

The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) has been renamed to the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA).

Catholic dioceses across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland are reporting a sizeable increase in the number of adults who ...