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The cross over Notre Dame's choir and the eight bronze bells in the north tower can now be reinstalled in their rightful place in the iconic Paris cathedral.

In 1776, Father Junipero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, dedicated a small mission church in San Francisco to St. Francis Assisi. On May 18, the mission of San Francisco de Asis, also known as Mission Dolores, will host an ...

The Washington state attorney general's office announced May 9 an investigation into whether the state's three Catholic dioceses used charitable funds to cover up allegations of child sex abuse by clergy.

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media.

A first Communion Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville, Louisiana, was disrupted May 11 after a teenager attempted to enter the church with a rifle. Parishioners prevented the young man from entering the church where 60 ...

A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs of the saint available to the devout for free.