The Sign of the Cross. I remember a conversation I had with author/speaker and Catholic apologist Bert Ghezzi. Many people, he explained, made the Sign of the Cross reflexively, at Mass or before ...

Sara Hofflander, 32, grew up Catholic and Nathan Hofflander, 40, joined the church in 2011. The fallibility of clergy doesn’t faze him. “We are all broken in some way,” he said.

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 growing number of young people are turning to the Catholic Church from other denominations, religions, and even no faith at all. Some dioceses are reporting year-over-year increases in new ...

Although the Church criticized the slave trade in Africa, Catholic leaders were slow to support the abolition of slavery in the United States—“so opposed were they to the individualist (at ...

Companies tied to Trump associates received millions in PPP funds 04:39. The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion ...

Roman Catholic US Catholic Church under explicit attack, archbishop warns — but says there's hope Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Archidiocese of San Francisco says Catholic leaders and ...

Pope Francis said the Catholic Church's ban on sex for priests could be reviewed, saying the rule was "temporary" and there is “no contradiction for a priest to marry." ...

Rachel Swarns' 'The 272' explores how the Catholic Church profited from slavery "You don't hear about enslaved people at Mass or in Sunday school," says Rachel Swarns. Her new book tells the story ...

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.

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.