The Catholic religious order to which the Rev. Freddy Washington belongs says the allegations against him are ...

Lawyers in Peru are challenging a new amnesty law passed by Congress. The law grants amnesty to military members and ...

Sister Jane Falke celebrates 70 years as a Catholic nun in Kansas this week. She entered religious life when she was 15.

When John Paul II became pope a decade later, he pushed the church further away from its historic embrace of the death penalty, calling it “cruel and unnecessary.” ...

The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago.

Donald Trump rode the issue of immigration to the presidency twice. What that issue primarily meant to Trump and his ...

The festival returns July 17-19, with live music and local food at the Tarpon Rodeo Pavilion, 4500 La. 1 in Grand Isle. Gates ...

Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is Robert Prevost?” ...

A surprise move by the IRS that would allow pastors to back political candidates from the pulpit without losing their ...

One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The law books record it as ...

The IRS now allows churches to support political candidates without losing tax-exempt status, raising both praise and constitutional concerns.