Modern technology has developed new methods of treating human remains, many of which are incompatible with church teaching, such as “human composting” or alkaline hydrolysis, also known as water ...

St. Newman, whom Pope Leo will declare a “doctor of the church” on Nov. 1, will join the current patron of Catholic education ...

A coalition of Catholic organizations held prayer vigils across the country on Oct. 22 for what organizers called "a national ...

Pope Leo will issue a document on Catholic education, marking the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's ...

The Holy Father will designate Newman as an official co-patron saint of education, together with St. Thomas Aquinas.

Much has been written about keeping Christ in Christmas but Catholic children’s author Anthony DeStefano’s new book is ...

COMMENTARY: From personal experience, I know that there often are no easy solutions, but sound government policies can assist ...

“It was a beautiful experience,” said Meza, the only member of a religious community in the group, led by Indianapolis ...

The Pope was set to proclaim Papua New Guinea’s first saint on Sunday, with the canonisation of local lay catechist Peter To ...

Washington state's government and its Catholic bishops reached an agreement Oct. 10 in a federal lawsuit over the state's mandatory reporter law they said could force priests to ...

The archbishop of Oviedo in Spain, Jesús Sanz, was momentarily held at gunpoint but was allowed to proceed unharmed.

Like many priests, Father Joe, 55, often drives to hospitals, nursing homes and houses to administer the last rites of the ...