The letter instructed the church to fill out a “Church Tax Inquiry Questions” form. Lawyers from the First Liberty Institute say the investigation was later closed.

Religious reformations and religious wars in Europe. If one date must be picked as the starting point of the Protestant Reformation, the conventional choice would be Oct. 31, 1517, when Martin Luther, ...

So you want to get married in the Catholic Church! First of all, congratulations! But now the question is, what do you need to know? Are they going to let you play Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer ...

He has suggested the church might, in the future, allow women to be ordained into the ministry. Among other roles in church leadership, Tobin was appointed to the top Catholic court in 2021.

Ms. Swarns is a contributing writer for The Times and the author of “The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church.” For more than a century, Catholic ...

U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S ...

A Catholic priest died in Kansas after being shot at his church’s rectory in an incident a fellow pastor told Fox News Digital has left his community in a "state of shock." Gary Hermesch, 66, of ...

The role of women in the Catholic Church is a big issue 04:00. With the conclave to select a new Pope beginning on May 7, many are wondering in what direction a new pope will take the Catholic Church.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse – sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent ...

Francis had led the Roman Catholic church since Benedict XVI resigned in 2013. Born in Argentina, he is the first pope from the southern hemisphere, and the only non-European pope in nearly 1,300 ...

What it did not find time to do was to stop the abuse of children by Catholic priests.A church founded by a man who instructed his followers to “suffer little children” is therefore now better ...

Over the past 50 years or so, however, Catholic Church-affiliated organizations, especially Catholic Charities, have become government contractors with a stake in a growing welfare state. Even before ...