Pope Francis called on Christians to practice what they preach, including by guaranteeing equal access to health care for all people.

A long-awaited report recounted decades of harm done by church-run homes for unmarried women and their babies in Ireland, where thousands of infants died.

The Vatican asked priests to take special anti-COVID-19 precautions this year when distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, including sprinkling ashes on the top of people's heads rather than making a cross on people's foreheads.

Father James Martin: An alarming number of Catholic clergy contributed to an environment that led to the fatal riots at the U.S. Capitol.

A new law threatens the viability of government-supported Catholic schools in Spain.

A selection of reader comments from across America’s coverage of the riot.

Women have served as lectors and acolytes for decades. Now Pope Francis has changed canon law to formally recognize their ministry.

Hitler. Pinochet. Franco. The bishops have missed opportunities to stand up for democracy in the past. We can’t let it happen again.

For 17 years the attorneys general of the United States did not pursue death even though that power was in their hands, then you hit somebody like Trump.’

Donald J. Trump should be impeached, removed and barred from holding any future federal office—immediately.