In a recent homily, our priest said most Christians, including himself, will likely go to purgatory at death. How can Jesus' shed blood pay for a person's sins but they not go to heaven at death?

My team did not make it to the World Series. They got close -- very close. Alas, the playoffs did not end well for them. I am ...

Nebraska, Kentucky and Colorado -- will have ballot measures related to school choice before voters on Nov. 5. Nebraska ...

Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, "God's providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone ...

In the majestic Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington during an Oct. 16 celebration of life for Ethel Skakel ...

Pope Francis decided the question of ordaining women deacons was not to be discussed at the 2024 Synod of Bishops, and he directed a synod-related study group on women's ministri ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster has joined leading Catholic politicians and pro-life groups in calling on U.K.

When Bishop Robert Reed first saw a photograph of Blessed Carlo Acutis, soon to become the Catholic Church's first millennial ...

Those walking through St. Mary of the Assumption School in Brookline on a Wednesday afternoon may hear the sounds of children screaming and laughing echoing down the halls. What could po ...

One-hundred-fifty lawyers and law students filled the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage in Boston on Oct. 6 for the Red Mass, the annual social centerpiece of the Catholic Lawyers Guild o ...

Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope especially for greater unity between the Orthodox and ...

The parishioners of Saint Joseph Parish in Hosanna, Ethiopia are ready to celebrate because it is World Mission Sunday -- a day set aside for Catholics worldwide to recommit themselves to the Church's ...