Scores of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday, straining to reach a ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

Two Humboldt County women allege they were denied emergency abortion care at Providence St. Joseph Hospital, sparking ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

The Nativity scene in front of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Norwalk is one of the great holiday traditions in ...

Richard Hays, a New Testament scholar and author who challenged conservative Christian opposition to homosexuality by ...

Four bags of money hidden around 1640 and worth "much more than a craftsman could earn in a year" have been found inside a ...

Donald Trump must pay greater attention to African nations such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo if he wants to pare ...

A Boston-area Catholic priest who pushed for the ouster of the powerful Bernard Cardinal Law in a church abuse scandal now ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...