The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...

All Saints Roman Catholic Church in Riverside has agreed to sell its church building and campus to Seek God First Karen Baptist Church for $600,000. The sale must first be approved by a judge.

This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their rejection of the ...

Father Zvonimir Pavicic, OFM, welcomed the recent Vatican recognition of the spiritual phenomenon at Medjugorje as a call to ...

Raised without faith, Stephen Williams embraced Zen Buddhism before a surprising encounter led him to Catholicism and Opus ...

"This is a big deal; it changes our town. Adding condominiums to a town that bans multifamily units is a big thing,” Schwendtner said. The potential developers, Don and Mary Jane Gallo, have offered ...

Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center retreat house, damaged during the Eaton Fire, reopened Feb. 7, only to be evacuated on Thursday ...

As sex abuse scandals continue to haunt the Catholic Church, many dioceses are turning to Chapter 11 as a way to settle ...

Archbishop Charles Thompson has designated the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln at Saint Meinrad Archabbey as a pilgrimage site for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis during the Jubilee Year of ...