ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With incense wafting to an elevated pulpit and 13 altar boys looking on, the priest at the Church of Saint Agnes preached about merging old Catholic customs with fidelity to the ...

A nationwide boost in Catholic Church converts is reflected by the Phoenix diocese's spike in adult baptisms, confirmations and first communions.

After being handed the crozier, the shepherd’s staff, during his installation as the new bishop of Wheeling-Charleston, West ...

The 43-day pilgrimage brought Christ in the Eucharist to communities in 14 U.S. states culminating on Sunday, July 5 with a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — With incense wafting to an elevated pulpit and 13 altar boys looking on, the priest at the Church of Saint Agnes preached about merging old Catholic customs with fidelity to the ...

For the Polish National Catholic Church, July 4 isn’t just the day Americans celebrate the country’s independence. It’s a day that holds special significance in the history of a church with American ...

BIBICLAT, Philippines — Hundreds of Catholic devotees wrapped themselves in dried banana leaves and covered their bodies with mud on Wednesday in the Philippine village of Bibiclat, taking part in a ...

Priests receive blessings from newly ordained priests, after an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of the faithful attended the four-hour ceremony in sweltering heat in a field at the foot of the mountains (Fabrice ...

Catholic devotees gather in rice paddies to cover their bodies with mud and dried banana leaves for the annual 'Taong Putik' festival honouring St. John the Baptist. Men, women and children smear mud ...