A U.S. Catholic leader called for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to be disbanded after it recently ruled in favor of a feminist who interrupted a Catholic Mass while topless and "aborted" ...

In a Dec. 17 letter, Bishop Michael Martin said that by Jan. 16, 2026, the use of altar rails, kneelers, and prie-dieus will ...

A man laid his naked daughter on a church altar where pedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale sexually assaulted her, a court has heard. Australia’s worst pedophile priest has pleaded guilty to sex ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recently overturned the ruling of a French court that had fined and issued a jail sentence to a feminist who interrupted a Roman Catholic church service and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — When she was a young girl, Logan Crotty dreamed of becoming a Catholic priest. She had always had an insatiable desire for intimacy with God and for a place of importance within God’s ...

The pastor of a Catholic church in Syracuse, Nebraska, was shocked when he discovered Saturday morning that the altar had been tipped over, a statue desecrated, and several other objects damaged. St.

A Catholic priest who recently took charge of a San Francisco parish has said only boys can be altar servers, a move that is sparking both criticism and praise and comes amid a wider debate over ...

Wine for Mass in Kenya must now bear the “coat of arms” of the country’s bishops, the chairman of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) announced Oct. 4. The Catholic faithful have welcomed ...

According to St. Joseph Catholic Church and Shrine parishioner Oscar Schiffel, a St. Joseph's altar isn't just baking. It's love. And after a year when COVID-19 canceled the displays of breads and ...

Because they are too good at fulfilling their duties, girls will no longer be trained as altar servers at a Catholic church in San Francisco. Or so, it seems, goes the logic of Father Joseph Illo, who ...

The Roman Catholic church confirmed Tuesday that an altar boy was one of two minors killed by gunmen outside a church on Mexico’s Gulf coast. The Catholic Multimedia Center said the other boy had been ...