On Nov. 18, 1966, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops — now the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops — released the faithful from the traditional law of Friday abstinence. The prelates ...

SHREVEPORT – The white smoke rose from the Vatican, and Pope Leo XIV has delivered his inaugural Mass in the past two weeks. Robert Prevost became the first American to ascend to the head of the ...

Jackie Bolware regularly attends the annual Mass in Celebration of Black Catholic History Month. She said that every year ...

A Catholic educator from Texas says teaching students about Black Catholic saints and other holy men and women of color “gives not only representation, but new role models for all of our students.” ...

As an immigrant temporary professed Trinitarian friar in Maryland, I think often about the historical complexity of the Catholic Church in the United States; specifically, I'm curious about how the ...

In this undated photo, G.K. Chesterton, left, receives an honorary degree from Holy Cross Father Charles L. O'Donnell, C.S.C., then president of the University of Notre Dame (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, ...

Sydney Johnston grew up in a nondenominational Christian household — but now the Upper West Side millennial is a devout Catholic. “There’s just something so beautiful and transcendent about the ...

Vice President JD Vance a classical concept from medieval Catholic theology, to try to defend President Donald Trump’s ...