The book is built as a long counter to “Why I Am Not a Christian,” a famous essay by the British polymath Bertrand Russell, ...

Camden Diocese settlement surpasses earlier Boston and Philadelphia agreements but remains smaller than Los Angeles’ $880 million deal.

After defending one of the first priests charged with child sex abuse, he coauthored a 1985 report warning that the problem ...

While the dates and exact celebrations of Carnival vary by location, the United States celebrates Mardi Gras beginning 10 ...

The legislation would mandate clergy to report child abuse even if they obtained the information during confession.

Discover the decline in Catholic confession rates over the past century and its impact on the Church. Learn about the reasons ...

(RNS) — After immigration enforcement officials shot several people and killed two U.S. citizens, U.S. Catholic bishops have used increasingly urgent language in opposing the Trump administration’s ...

Church leaders cite Greenland threats, Venezuela action and aid cuts as undermining human dignity and peace Three cardinals in the US Catholic church have criticized the Trump administration’s foreign ...

The rift between President Donald Trump and the Catholic church's leadership is reaching biblical proportions. This week, the country’s highest-ranking Catholic archbishops took the rare step of ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy. This week, three prominent ...

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other." As the country continues to ...

A high-ranking Catholic leader is ratcheting up criticism of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown and urging people of faith to be more vocal in calling out injustice. Responding to a ...