Religious affiliation in the U.S. is "holding steady," with recent steep declines leveling off -- but there's no evidence a ...

Bethlehem rejoiced with the festive celebration of lighting of a 65-feet Christmas tree at the edge of Manger Square Dec. 6.

Celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception as the Jubilee Year was ending, Pope Leo XIV prayed that "Jubilee hope" ...

As modern technology continues to offer interventions impacting the appearance of the human body, the question remains of ...

The council, opened under Pope John XXIII and closed under his successor, Pope Paul VI, initiated a comprehensive renewal, ...

Christmas carols in every language and culture are expressions of how music can convey "feelings and emotions, even the ...

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — In a Dec. 8 statement marking the feast of the Immaculate Conception, President Donald Trump called ...

Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the first anniversary of its reopening Dec. 7 with a major milestone: more than 11 million ...

Catholics worldwide were asked to dedicate the first Saturday of the month to confession, reception of holy Communion, and ...

"There's a sleeping giant that's waking up on this issue. As people come and get advocated, that's got to get the governor involved because this is a bad bill." ...

In many ways, "Gaudium et Spes," or the "Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World," is the culmination of what ...

His beatification had been scheduled for Dec. 21, 2019, in Peoria, Illinois, before its postponement, a move that was ...