Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

The announcement followed the IRS’s decision to give churches a carve-out from nonprofit law and allow them to support ...

Last summer, leaders representing 11 global religions, from eastern faiths including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...

It was the popping sound of exploding windows that woke Father Andrew Matthew at 2am to the destruction of St Mary’s Church.

A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new ...

A decision to close a Manitowoc church has been upheld by the Catholic Church’s Supreme Court, the Green Bay Diocese announced Saturday. St. Boniface Church has been sitting on Marshall Street in ...

About six months into the second Trump presidency, Republicans are charting a collision course with the Catholic Church.

Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will ...

The parish will celebrate its 80th anniversary and the 25th for its building on Aug. 9 with a Mass followed by social ...

Baltimore County firefighters worked to put out a two-alarm blaze at a Dundalk church Tuesday. About 75 firefighters ...

A French archbishop's decision to promote a priest who was sentenced to jail for raping a teenaged boy has drawn new ...