Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Leo XIV. White smoke came from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, signaling the selection ...

The United States is the home country for 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any ...

Camden's Bishop Joseph A. Williams recently said the diocese will no longer object to the New Jersey state investigation of clergy abuse.

The Catholic bishop of a New Jersey diocese said he would no longer oppose a state grand jury investigation of clergy sexual ...

Truth is, many parishes in Europe are growing. But others are dying. As one theologian noted in a 1969 German radio interview, Catholicism was entering a time of painful decline in the modern world.

Thus, it made headlines when the French Bishops' Conference announced that 10,384 adults joined the Church this Easter, a 45% increase over 2024. The sharpest rise in conversions was among students ...

A seven-year battle over whether New Jersey can investigate allegations of decades of sexual abuse by Catholic ... roughly ...

New Jersey's Supreme Court heard arguments Monday about the effort of a Catholic diocese to stop the state from empaneling a ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic ...

Benedict, born Joseph Ratzinger, was elected by cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church on April 24, 2005. He succeeded the charismatic Pope John Paul. If you are a history geek who loves to learn ...

Reciting the Creed, Bishop Alberto Rojas of San Bernardino, Calif., leads a group of pilgrims from his diocese in before ...

Five days after the passing of Pope Francis, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is holding a memorial Mass for the pontiff, according to a post shared on Facebook Wednesday. “Pope Francis was a man ...