After the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled that a Catholic university's fundamental purpose is secular, the Cardinal Newman Society warned that many Catholic institutions are ...

A former Anglican bishop, who will be ordained this week as a Catholic priest, offered details of his approach to Rome in an interview with the Catholic Herald. Andrew Burnham told how ...

More than 21,000 people participated in a "webcast" announcing the publication of Unplanned, a new book by the former director of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic. Abby Johnson, ...

Authorities in Laos arrested 11 Christians for holding a "secret meeting" to celebrate Christmas. Three of those arrested, who are Protestant pastors, remain in custody. The small ...

The Catholic bishops of Venezuela have called upon President Hugo Chavez to forego the special powers that were granted to him by the nation's legislator. In a January 11 statement, the ...

The cleansing fire of Purgatory is "not an exterior fire, but an interior fire," fueled by the soul's hatred for its own sins, Pope Benedict XVI told his weekly public audience on January ...

In a message to the people of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, Pope Benedict XVI said: "The time has come to rebuild, not only material structures but, and above all, civil, social and religious ...

recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Pope John Paul II, according to reliable reports in Rome. The final approval of the miracle would fulfill all the conditions for the ...

The Croatian government and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization are paying tribute to Father Roger Joseph Boscovich (1711-87) during the 300th year of his ...

Bishop Gerald Kicanas of Tucson offered a memorial Mass on January 11 for victims of the January 8 shooting that left six dead, including US District Court Judge John Roll, and at least a ...

Citing declining enrollment and rising costs, the Archdiocese of New York has announced that it will close 26 Catholic elementary schools and one Catholic high school. 4,700 students are ...

The Diocese of Wilmington, which declared bankruptcy in 2009, has increased its settlement offer to 150 alleged abuse victims from $28 million to $74 million. "The Church is making ...

Salam Fayyad, prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, told a group of European and North American bishops that "we are very disturbed at the recent terrorism against ...

One year after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, bishops are charging that the nation's government and the international community are ignoring the Church to the nation's detriment. ...

Less than two weeks after a church bombing in Alexandria left 21 Coptic Christians dead, an off-duty policeman shot four Christians on a train, killing a 71-year-old man. A fifth person ...

Anglicans who are planning to enter the ordinariate in the Catholic Church have been informed that they will no longer be able to use the church in which they have been worshipping. Even a ...

Italy's foreign minister Franco Frattini has condemned the religious violence that erupted at Christmas Nigeria and demanded action from the African country's government to protect ...

Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis testified on January 10 in a court case that pits the archdiocese against the rebellious board of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish. The archbishop ...

The government of Egypt has recalled its ambassador to the holy See, in protest against Pope Benedict's charge that Egypt had not done enough to protect Christians from mob violence. In ...

Cardinal Robert Sarah, the president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, is in Haiti this week, bringing a message of support and a financial contribution from Pope Benedict XVI as the ...