The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid ...

Washington moved to close a dangerous loophole. Now there’s a constitutional showdown pitting religious freedoms against the ...

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the local priest, sustained "light injuries" in the strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza, ...

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for ...

The Chicago Sun-Times found that more than 70 Catholic clerics in Illinois collectively gave over $50,000 to political ...

A new bill in Congress would “safeguard” the U.S. citizenship of any American elected as pope of the Catholic Church and ...

Ambassador Mike Huckabee and President Donald Trump have taken the right stand in defending the Christians of the Holy Land.

NCR readers respond to stories about women in the church, a new bishop and the USCCB's reaction to the Trump presidency.

An Israeli shell accidentally struck the Holy Family Church in Gaza, killing three and injuring 10. The incident drew global ...

The Department of Justice had lent its support to Catholic leaders who said the new law would force them to choose between ...

Pope Leo called for an end to the "barbarity of war" on Sunday (July 20) as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli ...