In the early half of the 20th century, beginning in 1917, Mexico’s government began persecuting Catholics. A new constitution outlawed Catholic teaching, banned religious orders, and claimed all ...

Washington state's legislation requiring priests to report child abuse disclosed in confession faces opposition from bishops ...

The Archdiocese of San Antonio will commemorate the 137th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Anacleto González Flores, the ...

The bishop of the sixth largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. said he was issuing a dispensation for illegal immigrants from the weekly obligation of attending Sunday Mass over fears of recent U.S.

As the nation prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July, Fr. Jesus Hernandez, pastor of Queen of Peace Church and director of ...

In the early 16th century, the Holy Maid of Leominster set up shop. She lived in the rood loft, a little gallery high up in the church, surviving only on the eucharist, which flew up into her ...

The martyrs include three French missionaries and a Korean priest executed for violating a ban on Christianity ...

A study into media coverage of Christianity in Britain has showed that coverage is more likely to take a negative tone ...

During a recent General Audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV condemned the “vile terrorist attack” perpetrated June ...

On May 12, the Islamic terror group, Boko Haram, killed two Christian educational workers near an army base. On May 14, ...

Police and paramilitary personnel look on as officials persuade Christian protesters to move away from a road on July 1 in ...

Russia continued to persecute pastors and shutter churches within its borders and in territories it occupies in Ukraine, the ...