Baptism frees us from the guilt -- sometimes poetically referred to as the "stain" -- of original sin.

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who ...

Pope Francis has ordered the suppression of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based lay movement active across Latin America and the United States, and three related lay m ...

Easter collection for clergy Every day, I get to provide support and care for the priests who have dedicated their lives to ...

Easter Sunday is both the end and the beginning: the end of the Paschal Triduum and the beginning of the great 50 days of the ...

When reading the Bible, it does not take much insight to recognize that there is something within us all, something very ...

The Archdiocese of Boston will host a weeklong Eucharistic Congress from Easter Monday, April 21, to Divine Mercy Sunday, ...

Catholic groups have criticized Spain's bishops for consenting to government redevelopment of a key national memorial complex near Madrid, amid fears of a continuing church decline acros ...

Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, speaks at a news conference in Rome April 10, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Jesuit Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the Jesuits, ...

A priest carries Communion to the altar as Pope Francis celebrates a Mass for the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul at the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican June 29, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

Catholic and other religious leaders are condemning a Palm Sunday attack by Russia on a Ukrainian city that killed 34 -- including two children -- and injured 119.

Bishop Francisco César GarcÍa Magán, stated Friday that the 492-foot cross at the Valley of the Fallen, the world's tallest, ...