The Church is not the structure; it is the people, the community. As long as we stay together and pray together, the Catholic ...

According to its lawyers, the president of Catholic Charities in Superior, Wisconsin, is a Catholic bishop, who also appoints ... service stations, retail clothing and grocery outlets, hog farms ...

Masses were celebrated around the country March 23 as Catholics prayed for the victims of the attack, which claimed eight ...

The attack on the church youth highlighted the tragedy of young Mexicans losing their lives amid the violence. Young people are also falling into lives of crime with teenage boys being recruited as ...

The anguished mother arrived on a motorcycle, the bike kicking up a cloud of dust as it swerved to a halt before strands of ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin ... and the growth of dioceses often prevented the bishop from being present at all baptismal celebrations.

1241 The anointing with sacred chrism , perfumed oil consecrated by the bishop, signifies the gift ... who are not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe in Christ ...

The former emblematic bishop of the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon in France discusses the deeper reasons for his recent departure ...

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been pouring into the medieval hilltop town of Assisi in Italy to venerate the ...

Senior Kathleen Ferguson’s jaw dropped as she walked into the newly renovated chapel of Bishop Ireton High School in ...