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.

The Tarawih prayers occur every night during Ramadan, but some believe the last ten days of the holy month to be particularly special.

The holy month of Ramadan has begun across the world.

Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God's love and mercy shouldn't be subject to "an exhaustive moral analysis" to receive it.

The art highlighted in Boston this season reflects the vast geographical diversity of Judaism.

CAIR-MA said it had received more complaints of hate crimes in the last month than in all of 2022.

Plenty of Americans consider themselves to be unaffiliated from any religious institution. Yet for some, including Perry Bacon, the pull to a community like a church remains strong.

A Dedham judge deemed the 93-year-old former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick incompetent to stand trial.