What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "The Trinity:" 232. "Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19.] Before receiving the ...

St. John Paul II was the second-longest-serving pope in modern history with 27 years of pontificate and the first non-Italian ...

Critics argue the pact legitimizes China’s control over church affairs, while defenders say it helps support Catholics ...

Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?

On a barge on Rome's River Tiber, a stone's throw from the Vatican, Loan Rocher was "ordained" in a secret ceremony in defiance of the Catholic Church's ban on women deacons and priests.

Catholicism appears poised to play a decisive role in the presidential race — and perhaps the next presidency. Both campaigns ...

More than 1,350 child sexual abuse survivors will receive part of $880 million settlement with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ...

Baker remained in the ministry until 2000, when he was defrocked, church records show. In 2002, as the clergy abuse scandal ...

The Chinese government says it has agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years ...

These were the factors that helped shape one of the darkest, bleakest albums in the history of rock music: The Holy Bible. The recording, release and aftermath of The Holy Bible has passed into ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $880 million to hundreds of victims of clergy sexual abuse dating back decades.