What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pilgrims have been pouring into a medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s ...

An Indiana Catholic church shocked the country when parishioners spotted communion wafers apparently bleed. Worshippers across America were stunned at the sight of the food leaking a red substance ...

A new mosque will replace the former Mary Queen of Peace church in St. John's. (Julia Israel/CBC) A former Catholic church in St. John's is undergoing renovations to be turned into a mosque.

CNA explains more about the process and why it has been initiated: Initiated by Pope Francis in October 2021, the Synod on Synodality was a multiyear, worldwide process of the Catholic Church ...

Volunteers at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Columbia started early Monday morning rolling dough to make fasnachts at 4:00 a.m. The church is celebrating their 101st fry that takes 200 ...

Patrick's Day every March 17, the sad fact is that Patrick has never been canonized by the Catholic Church and is a saint in name only. As writer Ken Concannon stated: "There was no formal ...

Ubaechu, the parish priest of Holy Family Catholic Church in the Izombe Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, was kidnapped on Sunday, March 23, 2025, along Ejemekwuru road on his way to the ...

The Catholic Church may have been the church of the majority of the French people, but its wealth and perceived abuses meant that it did not always have their trust. On the eve of the Revolution, the ...

The Catholic Church needs to expand its safeguarding efforts to include the new threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, top organizers of a Vatican conference said. Amid ...

The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...