News that the global Catholic Church would get its first U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholic students at Princeton and ...

Corpus Christi Cathedral, a Spanish colonial-style landmark, will undergo its first major renovation in 40 years. The ...

On Monday morning, the casket of the saint who died in 1582 was resealed and carried through the town streets, with pilgrims following the procession. It is unclear how many years — or decades — will ...

Columbus, Ohio — At St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, being on the altar feels momentous for ... Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage.

"There are no altar serving 'trips to the cabin' anymore," he said. That caution exists everywhere, not just in the Catholic Church, said Lori Ann Post, director for the Institute for Public ...

St. Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church was completed in 2006 — without altar rails. In 2010, its new pastor, Father John De Celles, began emphasizing reverence toward the Eucharist. Each year ...

Workers from Rich Murray Granite and Marble Works dismantle the altar at Holy Cross Catholic Church in preparation of moving it on Tuesday. Workers from Rich Murray Granite and Marble Works lift ...

A 34-year-old Catholic Church altar server, Taledo Damiel, was arrested on Saturday night for allegedly masterminding the abduction of two priests for a ₦10 million ransom in Adamawa State.

Altar girls, for a time ... Across the U.S., the Catholic Church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II ...

A Louisiana deacon says he has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic church after suing his diocese and a priest who was jailed for sexually assaulting his son. Scott Peyton resigned from ...