A popular summer destination for tourists, Ostia will be the first of five parishes where the pope, as bishop of Rome, will celebrate Mass on Sundays in February and March.

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek is retiring after 19 years at the Amarillo Diocese, and Cardinal Daniel DiNardo has been named Apostolic Administrator.

How much was Pope Francis really worth, in worldly terms? It's a tricky thing to assess, but taking a look at the multi-billion dollar institution that sustained him until the end paints a picture of ...

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The Vatican has warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group that it risked renewed schism if it goes ahead with plans to ...

On May 8—the second day of the conclave—at Santa Marta, the cardinals have a continental breakfast between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. Cardinal Timothy Dolan sits at a table with his jar of peanut butter that ...

In a highly significant move aimed at overcoming the more than 55-year division between the Priestly Society of St. Pius X ...

The Society of St. Pius X, which denies key teachings of Vatican II, has said that it would consecrate new bishops without papal approval on July 1.

After 13 lead changes and six ties, a winner finally emerged from a Western Massachusetts Class B girls basketball ...

The Pope Francis girls’ hockey team was down but not out entering the final period against Peabody Veterans Memorial High School on Wednesday night. And the Cardinals proved that, as Brooke Nadle, ...

On the other side is the reshaping of the American Catholic Church, under Pope Leo XIV. Pope Leo XIV has changed the way the US Catholic Church operates, appointing moderate bishops and urging them to ...

The president of the United States posted a racist video Thursday night depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes. On Friday, the White House dismissed criticism — but the president deleted the post ...