Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, had listed a dozen contemporary hymns to be “forbidden” ...

The first project will be at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Ahwatukee and will begin construction early next year.

As Spain mourns the death of over 200 victims of the biggest peacetime disaster in decades, volunteers poured into the ...

Immigration is a core issue for voters. Some of the 2024 campaign’s most charged political vitriol has swirled around its ...

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Maddie Hackney, who lost everything to Hurricane Helene, pauses while looking for clothing at a donation center in ...

The vision of God for the Harvest Call is based on the scripture “For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ...

The recovery across the South from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, powerful storms that struck back to back in early autumn, are among 177 open disasters nationwide that Catholic Charities has been ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back ...

More AP Photo/Omar Havana The settlement comes amid continued scrutiny of the Catholic Church's handling of sexual abuse cases worldwide. Pope Francis' recent visit to Belgium, where leaders ...

The settlements have been financially crushing for Catholic dioceses across the country. To finance them, they’ve sold vast swaths of church property and in some cases exhausted or relinquished ...

Most of the data reported here was not accessible online ... on Catholic social and cultural trends supplemented the reporting. Here are several ways to understand the Catholic Church's decline ...