Although St. Patrick’s Day was originally a Catholic holiday celebrating the feast of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, its meaning has evolved to be synonymous with a day of debauchery ...

Nearly 20% of adults in the United States — approximately 50 million people — call themselves Catholic, but the American Catholic population is diverse in its beliefs, its adherence to Church ...

Should Catholics identify as “feminists?” A panel of prominent female Catholic thinkers explored the question at a recent conference at the University of Notre Dame dedicated to the Church’s ...

He called on “all the faithful of the Catholic Church, and all men and women of good will, not to give in to narratives that discriminate against and cause unnecessary suffering to our migrant ...

In recent years, America has covered extensively the major shifts and trends happening across the Catholic Church in the United States, including the rising presence and influence of Latino Catholics.

In February, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order pledging his administration's support for in vitro fertilization, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Medical ...

“Doesn’t a Roman Catholic ever become converted to Protestantism?” For years, says the Rev. Daniel A. Poling, people have been asking him this question —particularly whenever a prominent U ...

GOD-fearing Catholics gathered in scores to get a glimpse of the first millennial saint-to-be whose body is being preserved in an ancient Italian city. Devotees lined up at the Sanctuary of the ...

Now, 12 years since his election on March 13, 2013, and a month to the day that he entered the hospital with life-threatening lung infections, the Roman Catholic world is heeding his call and ...