Catholic News Service

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- New medical directives governing health care partnerships and revisions to the charter on the protection of young people were approved...

PARIS — The French church has launched a program to combat anti-migrant and anti-Muslim attitudes amid reports of tensions among Catholics. “It is to resist...

CHICAGO — When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought his Concert for Peace to St. Sabina Church for the second time June 10, there was...

WASHINGTON — One week before President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands at the historic summit on Singapore’s Sentosa...

Three adult children of a recently deceased woman were sitting with me planning the funeral. As we looked at options for the Gospel reading...

Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, "Gaudete et Exsultate," starkly challenges today's Christians to take the dignity of all human life seriously, viewing it in light...

WASHINGTON — A new study conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute found that children in Catholic schools are less disruptive and have more...

MAYNOOTH, Ireland — The issue of LGBT families has dogged the ninth World Meeting of Families since it was revealed that an image of...

NEW ORLEANS — Despite groundbreaking steps the U.S. Catholic Church has taken to prevent the sexual abuse of minors in the past 16 years,...

PEORIA, Ill. — The Diocese of Peoria has reacted with “great joy” to a decision by a New York court in favor of Joan...