Churches faced with empty pews are fighting to keep their doors open, while former houses of worship are being converted into ...

The appointment of Robert W. McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities, two weeks before Donald J. Trump’s term begins.

The Native American Church is not one unified entity like, say, the Catholic Church. It contains a diversity of tribes, beliefs and practices. Peyote is what unifies them. After peyote was banned ...

Cardinal James Harvey, a native of Milwaukee, opened the Holy Door at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday.

Nevertheless, the Catholic Church held fast to its opposition ... the Pill quickly became the most popular method of birth control among American women —regardless of religion.