But in the Soviet Era, beginning in 1952, Vladivostok was a closed military city, and the only people allowed in and out were ...

State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton and her team plan to contact area Roman Catholic churches affected by recent crimes.

Janus was the god of transitions, and so the passing of the old year and the beginning of the new were sacred to him, writes ...

The pastoral priorities for parishes resulting from Cardinal McElroy’s consultation with lay leaders and the input of priests ...

Maureen Powers led YWCA Lancaster for nearly three decades, spurring the vaunted institution to tackle thorny local issues ...

Every morning, Basilian Salvatorian Father Christopher Sahd wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to pray before he goes outside and looks after the chickens. Sometimes, he will celebrate Mass at a conven ...

One night earlier this month, the Rev. Anthony Jimenez, an associate pastor at St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove, had a moment of quiet reflection during a crowded parish event. Ordained to the ...

Tina Thompson found a different way to be Catholic. She was ordained in November as a Roman Catholic Woman Priest, an ...

A century after the famed composer wed Ellin Mackay, a Catholic heiress, their marriage offers a window into how Jewish ...

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican today will make its most detailed defense yet against claims that it's liable for U.S. bishops who allowed priests to molest children, saying bishops aren't its employees ...

No matter what God's power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of the absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of ...