More than a thousand climate activists and church leaders gathered at the Vatican last week for a summit led by Pope Leo. The Vatican is moving forward with plans to become the first carbon-neutral ...

Justin Hibbard, the mission administrator at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Heber City, Utah, had an idea — a special mass in connection with the death of President Russell M. Nelson. With their ...

Longtime Illinois Senator Dick Durbin had been set to receive the award from the Chicago archdiocese on Nov. 3. Some Catholic priests had objected to the award because of Durbin's support for legal ...

Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education. Speaking after Mass Sept. 28 for the Jubilee of Catechists, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education. Speaking after Mass Sept. 28 for the ...

St. John Henry Newman, a British-born scholar who dedicated much of his life to the combination of faith and intellect at universities, is pictured in an undated portrait. Credit: OSV News file ...

Advocates against priest sex abuse are calling on Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch to apologize for comments he recently made on a radio talk show that seemed to minimize the scope and severity of the ...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch made inflammatory comments about homosexuality and the Catholic Church child sexual abuse scandal while appearing on a radio show this week. The 25-minute interview on the WBZ ...

A Catholic church in Casa Grande was demolished after being destroyed in an unsolved arson case. A new, larger church will be built on the same site to accommodate the growing congregation. Church ...

DANVERS — The spotlight shone brightly on sensational sophomore Chris Vargas on Friday night at Cronin Memorial Stadium. With a packed house watching, including Boston College head coach and St.