The Sistine Chapel will remain open to visitors throughout the three-month cleaning, though scaffolding will partially obstruct views of the fresco.

St. Augustine Catholic Church stands tall in the Faubourg Tremé section of New Orleans. It remains a pillar of the community. On a recent Sunday morning, spirited songs could be heard during Mass.

David Drow, 58, of Urbana, Ohio, formerly of Ypsilanti and Britton, Michigan, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, February ...

A Boyle Heights church held a prayer service calling for peace in Mexico after the death of a notorious cartel leader sparked a wave of violence.

Feared Mexican cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, or "El Mencho," spent his final hours in a luxury villa tucked inside the ...

Bishop Paul Connell told parishioners that while a parish hall is acceptable, a church isn’t.

Pope Leo has spoken out against the treatment of migrants in the United States several times over the last year.

The experience of visiting the Vatican, Dürr said, was the first time he understood the universal dimension of the Catholic ...

The Pan-Asian landscape is rich with tradition. In Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York, communities ...

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If you passed by Gesù Catholic Church around lunchtime on Wednesday, you would’ve seen people pouring out onto the steps ...