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OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz As pilgrims gather in Rome for the 13th annual “Summorum Pontificum” pilgrimage for those ...

The worker priest movement in France between 1946 and 1954 was a significant attempt by the Catholic Church to reach out to the increasingly alienated working class. It foundered on the rocks of elite ...

It’s rare for bottled messages to get seen by anyone, let alone their immediate family. However, that’s exactly what happened ...

St. Louis — Inside the more than 600 Catholic hospitals across the country, not a single nun can be found occupying a chief executive suite, according to the Catholic Health Association.

Carlos Payan, a French charismatic pastor whose passion for seeing people healed drove him to unite Christians across ...

Early in the 11th century, a Benedictine Abbot established All Souls' Day as a day to pray for the souls of deceased family ...

The Catholic community has gone through numerous changes throughout the decade and shown major divisions on political issues ...

When Catholics talk about "one-issue voters," no one has to explain what the one issue is. Opposition to legalized abortion is the church's "preeminent" issue, according to the U.S. bishops ...

the Archdiocese of Milwaukee has lost over 100,000 parish-affiliated Catholics and infant baptisms have declined by 41%. See how things have changed in Wisconsin using the interactive map below.

Many Catholics on Long Island say they are relieved that the long battle over compensating survivors of clergy sexual abuse is near its end, but they diverge on whether the ordeal has shattered ...

Slide to see Catholic parishes in southeast Wisconsin that have closed or merged over time These maps show Catholic parishes in southeast Wisconsin in 1964 (left) and 2024 (right). Hover over the ...