The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process ...

Catholic converts wait and ponder, some longer than others. And, this spring, Americans flocked to the Church, including ...

Karl D. Bar-Lev, a retired U.S. Navy veteran who served for 17 years, also entered the Church at the Easter Vigil. Raised in ...

Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct ...

The death of Pope Francis sets into motion a series of rituals, some of which go back more than 2,000 years, including how to ...

On Holy Saturday night at the Cathedral, Archbishop Nelson Pérez welcomed into the Catholic Church some of the 725 adults across the region who received their Easter sacraments, the highest total in a ...

Typically, popes are laid to rest beneath St. Peter's Basilica. On Saturday, Francis became the first Catholic leader in over ...

committed and informed members of the Catholic Church. The word confirmation originates from the Latin 'confirmare’ meaning ‘to strengthen’ and recipients are invited to receive the gift of ...

Trujillo also thanked the Catholic Church for “the spiritual guidance ... the Church and last year I made my first Communion and confirmation,” she shared. A group of African nuns, Disciples ...

Maps, graphics explain relatively humble funeral for Pope Francis: public viewing, casket and non-traditional burial site ...

Francis' death set off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles welcomed more than 5,500 converts into the Catholic Church this Easter ... and received the sacraments of confirmation and the Eucharist in Catholic parishes ...