The Catholic masses began shrinking after immigration raids in Bakersfield in January, said Diocese of Fresno spokesman Chandler Marquez, and the attendance drop has been especially pronounced "in ...

A historic Catholic church in downtown New Britain is on course to be demolished sometime later this year despite the efforts of a small group ... cracking around the sanctuary and the tower ...

She made a request for a church to be built on the site ... making it Christianity's most visited sanctuary. Altogether 25 popes have officially honored Our Lady of Guadalupe.

by those who suspected the church of staging the miracles. Inside the modern chapel is a single white column over the site of a small holm oak tree over which the Virgin Mary appeared on May 13 ...

(Photo from Flickr by Montecruz Foto / CC BY-SA 3.0) The sun is already high in the sky when the priest rings the bell of the small Santa ... Further reading: Catholic Church in Mexico struggles ...

The sanctuary of Lourdes, one of the world's most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites, began on Monday to cover up a series of mosaics made by a prominent priest with ties to the Vatican who has been ...

Under the Trump administration, churches are now thinking more expansively about the concept of sanctuary to include migrants ...

"Jesus himself — before he was born, his parents sought sanctuary ... such as a church or a school. We expect these to be extremely rare." In central Washington state, Catholic Bishop Joseph ...

The Rev. Babs Miller speaks about how the congregation at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church is working to assist Hilda and Iván Ramirez. "Jesus himself — before he was born, his parents sought ...