In the Democratic Republic of Congo, over 93% of the population identifies as Christian. The victims of ethnic hatred are Christians. The perpetrators of the violence—FARDC, Wazalendo, and FDLR—pray ...

Rage. Humiliation. Guilt. Distrust. These were among the words spoken Tuesday in U.S. District Court by survivors of clergy ...

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

The Rev. Ronald Kondziolka was asked to step back from ministry work in August after the Archdiocese of Chicago received an ...

"We need to continue to pray and work to change hearts," Bishop Conley said at the opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil ...

Jan. 22 is also observed by Catholics in the U.S. as the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children. The date recalls the U.S. Supreme Court’s Jan. 22, 1973, decisions in Roe v. Wade ...

Looking back at her experience, Ford felt called to help women who found themselves in these situations, not sure where to go ...

OKECHUKWU OBETA, who covered the burial of three brothers who were consumed by the fire that ravaged the Great Nigeria ...

A recent New York Times feature noted that quarterback Fernando Mendoza, before helping change University of Indiana football ...

IT IS unlikely that Limerick woman Bridget O’Connell could foresee that her marital status would show the tensions between civil ...

Priests in Arizona could face felony charges for failing to report child abuse learned during confession if a proposed state law is enacted. House Bill 2039, introduced last month by State ...

LAWRENCE — Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic. She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an international group that has tethered itself to the Catholic Church but ...