Turning to the First Communicants who would be receiving Jesus that day, he said this would be a day they would never forget.

He wrote: “This is a historic day for the United States, and we will pray for him as he begins the sacred work of leading the Catholic Church and setting an example for so many, regardless of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, has been named Pope Leo XIV, marking the first time an American has been chosen as the leader of the Catholic Church.

Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson Pastor celebrates 60 years of priesthood over the weekend with half of that spent at Monica’s Church. Torgerson is a Los Angeles native ordained in 1965. After serving ...

“His kind words of welcome to this community, traditionally marginalized in the church, rang loudly around ... attributed such attitudes to cultural backgrounds, and said bishops need to ...

Pope Francis Sought to Make LGBTQ+ People More Welcome, but Church Doctrine Didn't Change ... But he attributed such attitudes to cultural backgrounds, and said bishops need to recognize the ...

The former head of the Catholic Church then went into irreversible cardiocirculatory ... before entering the Vatican Basilica. Mourners are welcome to pay their respects at St. Peter’s Basilica ...

I’ve experienced both the sting of exclusion and the quiet hope that, perhaps one day, church pews will be filled with all those who long to find God’s love. With that simple statement ...

demanding a compassionate approach to divorced and gay Catholics and insisting that the church welcome everyone. He took a series of measures to address financial corruption in the Vatican ...

This bold new design transforms a historic Dutch church into a swimming pool, where you can “walk on water” and lifeguards sit in the former pulpit. “Imagine swimming the backstroke with a ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept ...

On a Sunday morning earlier this month, people of all ages gathered at First and Summerfield Church, where a sign at the entrance reads “You are welcome here.” The church’s promise to welcome is ...