Pet blessings were offered outdoors throughout the Chicago area over the weekend, marking Saturday’s 2025 Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment.

(OSV News) -- When Pope Leo XIV raises three women and four men to the altar Oct. 19, he will canonize a diverse group of ...

Officials say there were no injuries. There are dozens of emergency vehicles surrounding the area and the streets are closed.

A new Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church campus near Stephens City has been established to serve the region’s growing ...

Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch made controversial comments during a radio interview about the Catholic Church sex abuse scandal. Koch claimed the scandal was "mostly homosexual issues, not pedophilia" and ...

Longtime Illinois Senator Dick Durbin had been set to receive the award from the Chicago archdiocese on Nov. 3. Some Catholic priests had objected to the award because of Durbin's support for legal ...

Tom Koch, the mayor of Quincy, Massachusetts, has faced widespread criticism this week over comments he made about the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal. Koch was interviewed by radio host ...

The last two weeks have been a sobering time for me and my family, as the assassination of Charlie Kirk has brought to my mind a few of my encounters with mobs. Let me say straight out that I find ...

Indianapolis church leaders asked the city to be allowed to demolish Holy Cross Catholic Church. The parish argues it cannot afford renovations and that Catholic law prevents selling the property for ...

Nearly a year later and after a leadership change, the Cincinnati Archdiocese has reversed its decision to cut ties with the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio and will now allow Girl Scout troops to hold ...

A Church sui iuiris is a distinct community of faithful within a rite of the Church. For example, there are 22 eastern Churches sui iuris, made up of two Alexandrian, three Antiochene, one Armenian, ...