The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office. He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims swarmed the streets of Manila in search of a miracle Thursday, straining to reach ...

The Nativity scene in front of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Norwalk is one of the great holiday traditions in ...

On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...

Archdiocesan officials and local Church leaders in Los Angeles are working to shelter and assist victims of the ongoing ...

Our parish was near collapse until we introduced a hybrid education model.

A Boston-area Catholic priest who pushed for the ouster of the powerful Bernard Cardinal Law in a church abuse scandal now ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

A synagogue, a mosque, a Catholic parish and at least 7 Protestant churches are among the buildings destroyed by the ...

The Yakama Nation Tribal Council Chair Gerald Lewis was among 10 tribal council chairs who received results of the study ...