I have been accompanying my adult first cousin once removed, Tara, as she has grown deeper in her Catholic faith through the ...

The OCIA program was previously known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA). The Vatican announced the name ... steps that people go through on that journey toward becoming Catholic or ...

When the pope formally proclaimed the Holy Year dedicated to hope, he had said that "the need for peace challenges us all, and demands that concrete steps be taken." One concrete step is the gift ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Priest of only Catholic parish in Gaza calls for peace, says Gaza is ‘a prison’ Dominican Republic nightclub disaster: Church prays for victims, families Pope Francis meets with King Charles ...

Francis has extended the work of the Synod of Bishops, a signature initiative of his 12-year papacy, which has discussed reforms such as the possibility of women serving as Catholic deacons and ...

“I was crying tears of joy,” said Father Philip Ramos, AM, Paul VI’s director of Catholic Identity. Father Ramos and Sister Dianna Higgins, FMIJ, the school’s director of Campus Ministry, have guided ...

The Catholic Church may have been the church of the majority of the French people, but its wealth and perceived abuses meant that it did not always have their trust. On the eve of the Revolution, the ...