Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in ...

Archbishop Pérez unveils a decade-long plan to create 'missionary hubs' focusing on renewal and outreach to all ...

Parishes are invited this week to host eucharistic adoration to pray not only for more priests, but also to support current ...

In the wake of the Pope’s prison visit Dec. 26, the Register spoke with Catholic prison-ministry workers around the United ...

While society is increasingly focused on pushing the limits of human achievement, it must not lose sight of its duty to ...

After being approached by the local priest Cappeau was commissioned to write a poem in celebration of the church's new organ ... for the slave is our brother; and in his name all oppression shall ...

WASHINGTON - Bradley Carnell, who guided first-year expansion side St. Louis to an MLS playoff top seeding, was named the new coach of the Philadelphia Union. The 47-year-old South African ...

Hundreds of thousands of Catholic worshippers are marching in an annual procession in the Philippines that venerates a ...

Pope Francis told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on Thursday that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign ...

On the basis of age-old custom, water is one of the signs that the Church often uses in blessing the faithful. Holy water reminds ... greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and exclaimed ...

"In here we have one leader, Jesus Christ, nobody else," he said. Church member Raisa agreed the focus was on worship. "We're ...

The Holy Father spoke of the feelings ... "I wish to speak of the name I chose on becoming bishop of Rome and pastor of the universal Church. I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ideally as a ...