Nearly every country in Africa has a law prohibiting violence against women and girls. Feminist movements have driven this incredible achievement, using their voices to spur governments to action and ...

Consecrated men and women "reveal God's invitation to love him with one's whole life," said Archbishop Hicks as report shows ...

Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) published its report, "Women and Men Professing Perpetual Vows in ...

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...

In the wake of Alex Pretti's killing, religious leaders called for restraint, peace and respect for the people ...

Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in visiting Algeria, a trip that would mark the first papal visit to the North African nation and highlight its small but symbolically significant Catholic ...

The cardinal was baptized at the age of 9 by Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, a Nigerian priest known for his holiness, ...

St. Joseph Sr. Leonida Katunge is a Catholic religious sister, theologian and civil lawyer with extensive experience in academia, pastoral ministry and human rights advocacy. She holds a Ph.D. and a ...

A recent Vatican document on marriage revives troubling assumptions about Africa and polygamy. Sr. Leonida Katunge asks: Why ...

American religious history is rife with protest movements and civil disobedience. Yet it is rare for political protests to ...