Throughout his remarkable lifetime, the Rev. James Kelly has baptized thousands of people, married thousands more, ministered ...

Almost half of U.S. adults have Catholic connection, but Mass makes significant difference in Catholic identity. Nation Jun. 20 2025. USCCB, ... Need for more Catholic Army chaplains to serve military ...

The holiday to mark the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrived in ...

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy] On January 5th, the first Sunday of this year, slain ...

Pope Leo XIV’s friends and Catholic faithful from Chicago travel to the Vatican for his inaugural Mass Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune 17 May 2025 at 1:37 pm ...

A Massachusetts firefighter was vacationing with his family in Bermuda when a 75-year-old Catholic priest was found floating unresponsive in water. The New Bedford firefighter quickly sprang into ...

VATICAN CITY — After JD Vance invoked a medieval Catholic concept to defend the Trump administration’s migrant crackdowns, Pope Francis responded with a rebuke. Vance, a converted Catholic ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square.

The Catholic faith teaches that wine and a bread wafer signify the body and blood of Jesus Christ. Typically, they’re consecrated by a priest at Mass. Explore More ...

The Tier 4 dioceses with a small Catholic population had the largest ratio of priests to parishioners — and also the highest rate of men entering the priesthood. In contrast, the dioceses with the ...