In the American Catholic Laity Surveys that began in 1987, U.S. Catholics have, for quite some time now, preferred to decide for themselves on many questions of morality, over giving church leaders ...

Msgr. Vaccari said the broader concern of the funding cuts is not for CNEWA but for the churches and communities the group ...

The Vatican decided to restore the ancient practice of permanent deacons after the Second Vatican Council in 1967 but ...

With Vice President JD Vance and other allies in power, an emergent Catholic right expands political horizons and raises ...

For decades, Altadena has been a diverse hamlet that boasted higher than average Black home ownership, thriving Black small ...

President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan says Pope Francis should "stick to the Catholic Church," as the pontiff criticizes ...

Signs of the times. John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden, both Catholic U.S. Presidents, marked distinct eras in American Catholicism, revealing deep cultural and political divides as the church grapples ...

This epoch was so extraordinary in the life of the church that the historian Patrick Allitt began his 1997 book Catholic Converts: British and American Intellectuals Turn to Rome with a startling ...

Allies of the president are leveling attacks on religious groups, including Catholics and Lutherans, and questioning their ...