What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. "A person who procures a completed abortion incurs excommunication latae sententiae ," 77 "by the ...

The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.

Prayer is not always a walk in the park. It oftentimes takes us to the mat of a spiritual wrestling match between ourselves ...

Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest's missionary work is raising hell — ...

Arkansas Catholics don't have to travel to Rome to commemorate the 2025 Jubilee; they can participate in the Holy Year in ...

The Catholic Church in Bangladesh has launched the Bengali-language version of the "Catechism of the Catholic Church." "Now we have in written form what we believe and we need to make it a reality by ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church's first millennial-era saint, Carlo Acutis, in what is expected to be Leo's first saint-making ceremony as ...