Saying the diocese can take away a parish’s building but not its community, about 350 members of a suppressed Cleveland parish defied their bishop’s orders and celebrated Mass Aug. 15 in a rented ...

This story appears in the La Iglesia Hispana feature series. View the full series. Sacred Heart Parish's Encuentro group, including Rocio Campos (fourth from left in the back), poses for a photo ...

“St. John Paul II taught us that without the family — the domestic Church — there is no Church,” said Father Luis Granados, parochial vicar at St. Mary Catholic Church in Littleton, Colo., whose ...

In a homily for Corpus Christi Sunday, Pope Francis declared: In celebrating and experiencing the Eucharist, we too are called to share in [Christ’s] love. For we cannot break bread on Sunday if our ...

Volunteer fire departments, bowling leagues and fraternal orders live on in much the same way the American elm has: Once a feature of the American landscape, their presence is increasingly vanishing — ...