As the church in the United States looks for new ways to foster community, it is helpful to look to the past and understand ...

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

A day before Pope Leo XIV spoke by livestream to teens at the 2025 National Catholic Youth Conference, Kristie Hughes Dugan - ...

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

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

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

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

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

"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." ...

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

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

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