Catholic Church

John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic president after his 1960 election, but Joe Biden’s faith looks very different.

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the altar, while reaffirming they cannot be priests

Pope Francis says he’s praying for the dead in the U.S. Capitol rioting and has appealed for calm to prevail in the United States.

In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the U.S. anti-abortion movement are telling followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take.

Pope Francis has told a private Italian broadcaster that he was “astonished” by the mob attack at the U.S. Capitol.

At St. Brigid Church in Boston, Christmas is still a go, despite rising COVID-19 numbers. Still, the Archdiocese of Boston wants to make sure people are safe. “The pandemic has brought too many people a sense of need for God in their lives. That’s why this Christmas is so important,” said Rev. Robert Casey, pastor at St. Brigid and...

Cardinal Sean O’Malley is showing how Mass will be handled safely on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

A priest was injured trying to put out flames that destroyed an historic building in Townsend, Massachusetts, during the early hours of Monday morning. Now just a charred shell of what it used to be, community members lamented the loss of the rectory at the St. John the Evangelist Church, located in the town’s historic district at 20 Highland Street….

The entire building needs to be demolished, a sad loss for the community, but everyone is just thankful that Father Jeremy St. Martin is okay.

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A Massachusetts priest was injured early Monday morning trying to douse flames that destroyed a historic church in Townsend.

A priest was hurt after a rectory at the St. John the Evangelist Church in Townsend, Massachusetts, caught fire Monday morning.

A rectory at the St. John the Evangelist Church in Townsend, Massachusetts, caught fire Monday morning.

His motorcade thunders around Delaware, snarling traffic

Two years ago, the U.S. attorney in Philadelphia joined the long line of ambitious prosecutors investigating the Roman Catholic church’s handling of priest-abuse complaints

Thousands of mourners, including many firefighters, lined the streets of Worcester Monday to pay their final respects to fallen fire Lt. Jason Menard, who died while saving others during a fire last week. Firefighters from as far as California and Canada were among a sea of first responders who came to salute the fallen lieutenant under drizzly skies as his...

The Vatican’s report into ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has raised uncomfortable issues the Holy See will have to confront going forward, chief among them what it will do about current and future clergy who use their power to sexually abuse adults

Men who have made allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick expressed shock, outrage and anger after an internal Vatican report revealed the scale of what was known about the clergyman’s behavior and what was ignored

Pope Francis is vowing to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offering prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick

Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap.