CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two Catholic priests who have served at multiple churches in the Chicago area are stepping away from the ministry, amid separate allegations of sexual abuse of a child decades ago, ...

While altar servers eventually took up the custom of ringing hand-held bells at the altar, the tradition of ringing the tower ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa said that in the Holy Land “people are happy because this war has worn us down, exhausted us ...

In a statement released Jan. 16 by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land said they ...

The website TrustAndHope.org, which contains Archbishop Perez’s new pastoral letter, received more than 10,000 views in its ...

Archbishop Pérez visited St. Edmond’s Home for Children Jan. 8 for a special prayer service and tour. He was joined by ...

Francis, who has sought to reform the Catholic Church's governance, named the nun as Prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes ...

At a Mass celebrated at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains after ...

COMMENTARY: The quiet of Christmas Eve and the revelry of New Year’s marked a great moment of history with Pope St. John Paul ...

As a Catholic feast day, Jan. 1 has historically ... introducing an optional votive Mass for the observance. What the Church has not observed on Jan. 1 is the beginning of the civil new year.

The High Court ruled in November that Catholic priests are not employees of the church, which is therefore not liable for their sexual abuse of children.Credit: AP The attorneys-general met in ...

The Archbishop of York, who will effectively take over as leader of the Church of England next month, has called for change in his Christmas sermon. Stephen Cottrell delivered his remarks as the ...