The separation of church and state is under attack from familiar quarters.

A local church is part of a sect that has been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. St. Athanasius Church in ...

The Vatican has excommunicated the priesthood of a rebel Catholic faction. Many of the priests’ followers have refused to ...

An 80-year-old Roman Catholic bishop and three other Catholic leaders were detained in Nicaragua last week amid an ongoing ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 7, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

A nationwide boost in Catholic Church converts is reflected by the Phoenix diocese's spike in adult baptisms, confirmations and first communions.

The pope of the Catholic Church in Rome has declared an ultratraditionalist Catholic society with membership in Northern New York to be out of step with the Holy See, and urged its membership to stop ...

The traditionalist Society of St. Pius X went ahead with the ceremony, even after the Vatican warned it would result in the ...

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, June 29 (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco on Monday announced a $395 ...

Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.

When a priest of the Catholic Church is being consecrated as a bishop, the prelate elevating him is required to ask for the Apostolic Mandate — the formal approval of the pope for his new office — to ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg says several statues were recently vandalized at St. Benedict the Abbot and St.