Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who ...

Gold crosses, priceless art, sprawling cathedrals—there’s no denying the Catholic Church is rich. It built its massive wealth ...

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, often called “the conscience of the nation,” has been trying to tone down the uproar after ...

Dame Sarah Mullally has officially taken up the post as Archbishop of Canterbury in a service in St Paul's Cathedral, making ...

A new bishop has taken charge of a Catholic diocese in eastern China, replacing the elderly bishop who reached the canonical ...

Pope Leo XIV will visit five Catholic parishes of Rome in February and March, in continuity with his predecessors, the ...

A far-right member of a German state parliament should remain banned from a Catholic Church council, officials in the Vatican ...

Covering the Vatican, he had a front-row seat to the waning years of Pope John Paul II's pontificate and the election of Pope ...

Styles was casually seen among the crowds in Vatican City when Pope Leo XIV was declared the new head of the Catholic Church ...

By Joseph Masilamany Catholic journalism in Malaysia — and across much of Asia — stands at a decisive crossroads. Long shaped ...

COMMENTARY: As the Sino-Vatican agreement remains confidential, its impact must be judged by outcomes — including how episcopal appointments, clerical formation and Church authority are evolving under ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV has expressed interest in visiting Algeria, a trip that would mark the first papal visit to the North African nation and highlight its small but symbolically ...