Calling all Jazzophiles, this month features the return of Jazz and Joe, a concert series by Philadelphia’s most distinctive ...

During his 12-year pontificate, Pope Francis urged Catholics to shake up their church and “make a mess” if they had to. It seems he took his own advice a bit too literally, because he left a ...

89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched ... the Lord would rest on the hoped-for Messiah for his saving mission.

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

This church was "discovered" by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. After attempts to "latinize" the rite, many broke away to form their own rite under the control of the Syrian Patriarch.

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including Vice President JD Vance ...

By Jason Horowitz Reporting from Vatican City Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated an outdoor Mass formally inaugurating him as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church, telling world leaders ...

The Shapiro Administration celebrates Path of the Flood as the 2025 Trail of the Year, a historic 14-mile journey through history and nature, on Friday in South Fork. Photo courtesy of DCNR ...

She would become the 106th spiritual leader of the Church of England. Her Christian family fled Iran after they were persecuted amid the imposition of strict Islamic rule in the 1970s.