He became a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond in 1979 and served as pastor and/or associate pastor at St. John in Petersburg, as well as at churches in Portsmouth and Gloucester.

Columbus, Ohio — At St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio, being on the altar feels momentous for Joseph Rolwing. He's 27 years old and a Catholic ... where 15 churches are slated to close.

Joey Shilot does not hesitate in giving his opinion on Columbiana County in east central Ohio. “Yeah, it’s not great,” Shilot ... where Republicans outnumber Democrats 3-to-1 and churches dominate the ...

Five Catholic churches closed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been put up for sale, becoming the first wave to hit the market since a mammoth reorganizing plan took effect last year.

The rise in the number of Catholics comes despite a drop in the total number of churches. The Religion Census shows there were 19,405 Catholic churches in 2020, 1,000 fewer than a decade earlier.

VATICAN CITY — Leaders of the Eastern Catholic Churches have enthusiastically welcomed an address that Pope Leo XIV gave on Wednesday in which he extolled their liturgies and encouraged members ...

SULPHUR — Bennett Smith knew for the better part of a week that he would be the starting pitcher for Catholic High in the first game of a state championship series. And once game time arrived ...

Catholic churches in Brookfield and East Brookfield are set to close and one of them will merge with churches in West Brookfield and North Brookfield to form a single parish, according to a letter ...

The new pontiff was speaking to participants in the Jubilee of the Oriental Churches in the Vatican’s Audience Hall on Wednesday. There are 23 Eastern Catholic Churches in the world, consisting ...

A Catholic school and convent in India came under shelling from Pakistan military forces last week, with three students killed in the town of Poonch close to the Pakistan border, as fighting betwe ...

In the first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great.

Three brothers from Buchanan now can say they were baptized in 2014 by a priest who would become pope at St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Niles. Pope Leo XIV was the Rev. Robert ...