The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Columbus is excusing parishioners from the obligation to attend Mass during the Christmas season during heightened operations by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

New York’s next archbishop is being heralded a “unifier” who will stick firmly to papal doctrine — just don’t expect to see him on talk shows any time soon. Pope Leo XIV appointed Ronald Hicks Jr., ...

In 1999, a decade after inventing the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist, imagined an intelligent version of his creation. In that vision, much of daily life—finding ...

“I don’t know if you’ve ever been inside an Orthodox Church,” artist KT Seibert tells KQED, “but I just have a hard time believing that straight men designed all that …” Seibert is explaining the ...

Perhaps someday, the Catholic Church will allow women to serve as deacons. But that time, a Vatican commission has decided, is not now. “In light of Sacred Scripture, Tradition, and ecclesiastical ...

A new English version of the Bible will be released in 2027 with the name The Catholic American Bible, according to Bishop Steven J. Lopes, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ ...

Bishop Steven J. Lopes of the Houston-based Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, speaks during a Nov. 11, 2025, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is not "afraid" of President Donald Trump, despite "everyone in the world" fearing the U.S. president. Zelensky has a somewhat difficult relationship ...

In mid-October, Catholic clergy arrived at the doors of the makeshift ICE detention center in Broadview, Illinois, in hopes of bringing the Eucharist, the central sacrament of the faith, to those ...

China pushed back Sunday against President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100% tariffs on Chinese goods, warning that it “will not back down” in the face of escalating trade pressure. The Commerce ...