France s Roman Catholic Church is scheduled to baptize more than 10,000 adults on Easter Sunday, the highest number of new members reported in over 20 years ...

CANTERBURY, England — Reports of a “quiet revival” within the Catholic Church in Britain ... “After our celebration of the Mass of Ash Wednesday at the cathedral, a young woman came ...

The tradition dates as far back as 601 AD, when 64th leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Gregory cemented the Lent as permanent tradition, according to the Museum of the Bible. At this time, Lent ...

In one month, more dan six Catholic priests and seminarians don dey kidnapped across Nigeria. Wetin dey cause dis rising ...

For the first time in almost half a century helmeted honeyeaters are again being seen in Cardinia in south-east Victoria. The birds haven't been documented in the region since the devastating Ash ...

Or 2,000 people attending one of the three Masses on Ash Wednesday ... inimical relationship between church and state in France. There was the persecution of Catholic priests after the Revolution ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a united celebration ... the community observes the Great Fast (Lent), which begins two days before Ash Wednesday and ends the Friday before Palm Sunday ...

His entire life was dedicated to the service of the Lord and His church," declared the Vatican ... preparing an Ash Wednesday homily that a cardinal read on his behalf at Rome’s Basilica of ...

Pope Francis, 88, died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

Like many inner-city Catholic parishes that date back a century or more, attendance had been dwindling over the past few decades.

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...