Sussan Ley inherits a fractured Liberal Party. To lead effectively, she must look beyond cosmetic changes and read the ...

Nashville Catholic Charities to restructure in wake of federal refugee program's suspension, but will still operate Tennessee Office for Refugees.

Democratic state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about ...

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

The U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 in a major case involving religious rights in American education. Charter schools are ...

Even for a lapsed Catholic ... the United States government stands for today in the new pope’s own words: “Together, we must try to find out how to be a missionary church, a church that ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world ... to receive Vance and official government delegations after the Mass.

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing ... they are all entrusted to the pastoral government of the Roman pontiff ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday formally began his ministry as head of the 1.4 billion members of the universal Catholic Church, acknowledging divisions among the faithful with a call for fraternal ...

The pope is the ruler of both the Vatican city state and the Holy See, the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church. Beneath him is the Secretary of State, who holds an important ...