Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Still, nearly a dozen years after the Pope's initial statement, official church doctrine remains largely unchanged, and there remains no room in the Roman Catholic Church for same-sex marriage.

It is good to recall that the prayers of the Roman Missal are ancient in origin and have been handed down to us over the centuries by the Catholic Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Heidemann believes that, if the church were to draw closer to the arts, it would attract young people to the Catholic faith — just as it had happened to him. “It’s a little, first try to ...

A North American tour of Roman sculptures from the Torlonia Collection—considered to be the finest group of Greco-Roman antiquities still in private hands—begins on 15 March at the Art ...

I live for those moments.” That shot proved the game-winner, as Duanesburg clipped No. 3-seed Saratoga Central Catholic, 50-48, in the semifinals on Monday at Cool Insuring Arena in Glens Falls ...

Mattingly, who was brought up Catholic, said that she feels "an affinity with Laudato Si', especially its call for an ecological consciousness that acknowledges our interconnectedness." ...

Here are 10 key facts about the U.S. Catholic population, drawn from Pew Research Center surveys. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to explore the basic demographic traits, ...

The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...