In 2024, there were roughly 35,000 nuns in the United States, an 80% decrease from 1965, when there were about 175,000.

Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 ...

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A swarm of children chattered and giggled as they left Santa Fe’s downtown library, moving swiftly in the way that youngsters do when told to walk but not run. Their chaperones were just as cheerful — ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Molly McGovern lived her life fully in the face of rare illness—her sudden death in Assisi has left a legacy of courage, ...

Permanent deacons who minister in the Diocese of Rochester and elsewhere are celebrating milestone anniversaries of ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Pope Francis was a notable exception, choosing not the name of a former pope but that of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th ...

The family and friends of Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern are mourning the loss of his daughter Molly McGovern after she ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...