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

Father Milan Priyadarshana of Colombo was allegedly beaten by four police officers in a public road attack. The Catholic ...

When Mary discovered she was pregnant, she and her lover, Father Ralph, chose to give birth and raise their baby instead of opting for ...

The monument’s mysterious past has spawned countless tales and theories. According to folklore, Stonehenge was created by ...

For much of South America’s history, the arrival of a missionary has carried two reputations at once. One is charitable: a ...

An opulent 1907 estate overlooking New Jersey's Ramapo Mountains is for sale in a $1B bankruptcy. Its history is as alluring ...

A 40-year-old movie about Jesuit missionaries in South America holds interesting insights about the future of Denmark’s largest territory.

The Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with ...

The church no longer exists, and a Muslim family has since settled on the land. However, the district’s official website still preserves its history online. A garden now occupies the site of ...

This is Lives Well Lived, a series from the Times Union where we profile the ordinary individuals who lived extraordinary lives in upstate New York. The Rev. Frank J. Alagna believed, as he was taught ...

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office released a report Monday detailing allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct within the Diocese of Grand Rapids dating back to 1950. It includes a list of 51 ...

The alleged abuse reports were pulled from a variety of sources, including a government tip line, police investigations, and abuse reports disclosed by the diocese itself. Reports on the Archdiocese ...