Pope Leo apologized for the church’s role in slavery and taking too long to formally condemn it.

Investigators are looking into the incident that left three victims dead, plus two dead suspected shooters, as a potential hate crime.

Old almanacs and songs show how religious icons — familiar from ancient, sacred texts — helped legitimize a war effort for independence.

The Rev. Dave Woessner said ICE has not responded to requests to provide spiritual care to people in custody, but they have let them congregate outside.

U.S. Roman Catholic bishops called on Catholics to help immigrants in a rare joint statement.

The statue of a Black woman releasing birds to freedom will represent the more than 200 enslaved people identified by the church.

Ziva Mann’s daughter came out as transgender at home in Massachusetts four years ago.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

The Most Rev. Richard Henning, age 59, said he was shocked and surprised to be called up to lead one of the largest archdioceses in the United States.

When Father James Martin's dad was dying, a nun named Sister Janice Farnham went out of her way to visit him.