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By FATHER KENNETH DOYLE Q. My cousin was married 40 years ago in a civil ceremony when she was only 17. After eight years, that...

CHICAGO -- Ending the widespread stay-at-home orders under the coronavirus pandemic would align with Catholic social teaching and respond to the needs of vulnerable...

CHICAGO -- In 2018, Alessandro DiSanto quit a promising job in finance to join friends in starting an app for Catholics centered around meditation...

CHICAGO -- When word came that Illinois residents were being asked to stay home and the Archdiocese of Chicago suspended public Masses in mid-March,...

VATICAN CITY -- As countries continue to reel from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis offered prayers for the men and...

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of 65-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer of Cincinnati, less than nine months after it was...

When Germany surrendered to Allied Forces May 7, 1945, Catholics saw a nation and their church shattered. Adolf Hitler’s destructive reign had turned many Germans...

WASHINGTON -- The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed divided May 6 over Trump administration rules that give employers more ability to opt...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis offered his early morning Mass for journalists and members of the media who, despite the risks, work tirelessly to...

WASHINGTON — With Sunday Mass offertory collections virtually nonexistent during the coronavirus pandemic, dioceses are helping their parishes tap into revenue sources to help...