Monsignor Tom McSweeney was a Catholic priest but also an actor, a teacher, a cable TV analyst and more. He died Tuesday.

I wanted to begin today briefly afield a bit, and simply thank a couple of Hayride readers for doing what I so often invite ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...

Jack O’Connell, a former Catholic priest and the retired CEO of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island said of any ...

President Donald Trump, elected in part due to his hardline immigration stance and “America First” foreign policy, has moved ...

The first pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Served as chief theological adviser to Pope John Paul II. As dean of the College of Cardinals, it was his duty to call the cardinals to Rome for ...

From glow-in-the-dark rosary beads to St. Christopher dashboard statues and Pope Francis bobbleheads, a tribute to the ...

Pope Francis appointed Tuesday a new leader of the Catholic Church in metro Detroit, naming Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger of Tucson, Arizona, as the next Archbishop of Detroit, replacing Allen ...

By David Schueller, Correspondent A Catholic parish that formed 151 years ago is planning to celebrate its last Mass Sunday. Members of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Helena Township south of ...

Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the ...

The Priestly Society of St. Pius X announced ... were excommunicated from the Catholic Church following the illicit 1988 ordinations. In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication ...

(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth), File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ROME (AP) — Richard Williamson, an ultra-traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the ...