The missions became the only UNESCO site in Texas 10 years ago and will be highlighted for America’s 250th birthday.

When the Rev. Matthew Baum attended Johnstown’s Juneteenth activities recently, he was on a multi-layered mission. Baum, rector at St. John Gualbert Cathedral and St. Patrick Catholic Church, both in ...

A conservative Christian group staged two days of small protests outside Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum over a sexual joke printed ...

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

He won the Catholic vote in 2024. But the church is a global institution, not a national one. Trump and his most fervent supporters cast a skeptical eye on globalism and globalization.

Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88 due to a stroke and cardiac arrest. The sudden death left many surprised, especially since he had been out ...

For centuries, it was a bulwark of the Church, providing large numbers of soldiers for the Crusades and constructing many notable churches. However, beginning with the violent secularism of the French ...

France’s Catholic bishops this week radically changed their long-standing posture of dealing only grudgingly with victims of Church-related sexual abuse and unveiled an ambitious new program to ...

Religion and the French Revolution Established in the 16th century by two saints, Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, the Order of Discalced Carmelites is a Catholic religious order.

The French Revolution, marked by its anti-clericalism and radical reorganisation of society, profoundly disrupted religious life. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy in 1790 made religious vows ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed the martyrdom and heroic virtues of five others in ...