‘It’s the Holy Spirit,’ Bishop Frank Dewane told the Register. ‘Yes, we follow promptings, also. But I think it’s the work of the Holy Spirit right now in society and in the Church.’ Over 1,150 people ...

Pope Leo XIII was known for his engagement with the profound social changes of the industrial revolution, especially through his 1891 encyclical, Rerum Novarum. His successor Pope Leo XIV chose his ...

Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal. By Elizabeth Dias People are joining the Roman Catholic Church in ...

Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, and were protected by bishops more concerned with the church’s reputation than the victims, according to a new report on ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, getting away with sexual abuse largely due to a system where bishops prioritized minimizing scandal ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

Eighteen bishops and archbishops from border areas issued a strongly worded statement hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address. By Elizabeth Dias National religion reporter Hours ...

The Vatican Bank launched two new equity benchmarks on Tuesday that pick investments based on Catholic principles. The indexes, titled the Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and the ...

With the inauguration of Zohran Mamdani, New York stands as, if not a beacon of hope, then a thin flame of cautious optimism for the future of leftist politics in the U.S. Even as the federal ...

A traditionalist group of Catholic priests that has been at odds with the Vatican for decades threatened a full schism with Rome this weekend, saying it plans to consecrate bishops without approval ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Catholic or switch out of Catholicism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious switching in the ...

Pilgrims cheer as Dave and Lauren Moore and others perform July 19, 2024, during the third revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Credit: OSV News ...