In 1969, some saints were removed from the universal calendar. April 26, 2014— -- Being declared a saint is one of the Vatican's highest honors -- but sainthood is hardly a tenured position ...

Tolton began to attend St. Peter’s Catholic School, an all-white parish school in Quincy, Illinois, thanks to the help of Father Peter McGirr.

A priest in Beaver County is being removed from his parish, and hundreds of people are demanding answers from the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Father Canice McMullen is leaving Mary, Queen of ...

African Catholics want to see themselves reflected in the universal story of the church. They want saints who walked where they walk, spoke their languages and lived their struggles.

Roman Catholic Masses have been held at the Anglican cathedral since, but this is the first time a papal nuncio will have celebrated Mass there. And while the only relics left at the cathedral are ...