The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome ... and neighbors, according to Edward Watts, history professor at the ...

Small Things Like These is based on the acclaimed novella by Claire Keegan and will revolve around the dark history of ...

The head of the Vatican’s doctrine office will hold a press conference Thursday about the “spiritual experience” at the ...

A replica of the Shroud of Turin is visiting some Joplin Catholic churches. It is a life-size replica of a 14-foot-long cloth ...

Learning about freedom of religion is part of responsible citizenship, writes Pastor Paul E. Capetz, a contributing columnist ...

The Basilica of St. Mary in Alexandria held a grand opening Sept. 15 of its new parish museum, as parishioners were able to ...

I think many would be surprised to learn not only of the profundity of the Armenian presence in the Holy Land, but of how ...

A new book charts the history of pet cemeteries and honors the universal experience of grieving an animal companion ...

Pope Francis will next week visit Indonesia, making a symbolic stop at a mosque that has the "Tunnel of Friendship," an ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic ... Church, Primate of Italy; hmong others. As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman ...

There are no winners or losers in the recent church closings by the Buffalo Diocese of the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church isn’t the only denomination struggling under the weight of declining ...

Sept. 17 is the release of the new book outlining the 60-year history of the National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company.