The U.S. bishops already saw this coming at the beginning of the year and said Catholics should attend separate Masses for the two days.

The questions in the Supreme Court oral arguments weighed anti-discrimination laws against freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression.

Markle, recently engaged to Prince Harry, was a Kairos retreat leader and was close with her theology teacher, a former Catholic Worker.

Advent is a season of somber preparation, which isn't often reflected in inflatable Santas and luminary reindeer.

"We always tell our students to dream big but not necessarily about marrying a prince!"

It will be the first abortion-related case heard by the court with Neil Gorsuch on the bench.

On the same day as the Texas church shooting when 26 people were killed and more than 20 were wounded, another shooting already had taken place in the parking lot of a Catholic church in Fresno, California.

Ayestas, an immigrant from Honduras, was sentenced to death for strangling a woman after an apparent burglary in her home in Houston.

Sixty-six percent of Americans want Trump and Congress to work on legislation to bolster the health insurance marketplaces.

Cardinal Wuerl: the legal agreement provides a "level of assurance as we move into the future."