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

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

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

One of Youngstown’s oldest churches celebrated a special milestone Sunday, marking 125 years in the community. A special ...

Victim support groups and traditionalists have expressed outrage over the case of Dominique Spina, who was found guilty of ...

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

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 ...

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

The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae ," 77 "by the ...

A growing number of young people are turning to the Catholic Church from other denominations, religions, and even no faith at all. Some dioceses are reporting year-over-year increases in new ...

US prosecutors in Pennsylvania have taken a step long-sought by survivors of clergy sexual abuse. But there still a lot of questions about the federal investigation into the Catholic Church.

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