Most U.S. adults who regularly attend religious services have heard their clergy speak about at least one political or social issue recently, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

A Catholic priest from Nigeria has been found guilty by a Texas court of sexually abusing several women under his spiritual care, a felony crime in that state.

A bishop who is canonized, included in the Roman Missal, and given a place on the liturgical calendar is a member of the bishops hall of fame.

Newly ordained Fathers Steven Lang, Alexander Hall and Sebastian Spencer used superlatives as they described their emotions at their May 30 ordination Mass in the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul.

When a priest collapsed in St. Peter's Square at the end of the general audience May 27, Pope Leo XIV rushed to his aid.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of Child and Youth Protection has released its 2025 Annual Report on the implementation of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young ...

Father Brendan McGuire, pictured in an undated photo, is a priest in California’s Silicon Valley and former tech executive who is advising Anthropic on ethical frameworks for artificial intelligence.

Leonie Martin, right, played by Maria Mahr, talks with two of her sisters in a scene from a play about her lifev called “Under the Shadow of the Rose: the Tragic Triumph of Servant of God, Leonie ...

Deacon Alexander Hall’s road to the priesthood included deeply questioning the faith he grew up with before prayerfully encountering Christ’s love, peace and a call to ministry. “I received this ...

After serving as apostolic administrator for a year, Archbishop Bernard Hebda was installed as the shepherd of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis during a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul in ...

Water. Water is the primary symbol of baptism. John the Baptist used water (Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8a; Jn 1:33; 3:23), as did Jesus (Jn 3:22). Jesus is living water (Jn 4:10), and when Jesus died, the water ...