The U.S. Catholic Church has a painful history of racism. One step toward healing could be canonization of the six African ...

Nevertheless, the Catholic Church held fast to its opposition ... the Pill quickly became the most popular method of birth control among American women —regardless of religion.

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. This missionary’s story reflects a fundamental shift in the American ...

As the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris prepares to reopen on Dec. 7, U.S. bishops are calling on local American churches to show their solidarity with the Church’s “eldest daughter.” ...

The bishops of Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala are inviting the faithful to participate in a day of prayer for the Catholic Church in Nicaragua on Sunday, Dec. 8 ...