TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Members of New Jersey's Supreme Court sounded skeptical at times Monday about the effort of a Catholic ...

Luci Day went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run and Vineland, No. 11 in the NJ.com Top 20, overcame an 8-1 deficit to beat St. Joseph (Hamm.) 9-8 in Vineland. The Fighting Clan (7-1 ...

We mourn the death of Pope Francis, whose leadership of the Roman Catholic Church emphasized compassion and human dignity.

Eastern Catholic leaders are remembering Pope Francis for bringing significant attention to their churches and traditions throughout his papacy, in a legacy marked by fraternity and many firsts, while ...

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About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

You feel at home.” Today, 27 years later, she has deep roots in the Catholic Church. Following the sexual-abuse crisis that badly damaged the Boston Archdiocese, a surge of committed ...

The Catholic Church is truly universal since it unites so many diverse rites, whose members share a common faith. Latest news Divine Mercy Sunday: Pope Francis was an ‘instrument of mercy for ...

Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan of the Syriac Catholic Church offered prayers on behalf of the synod, clergy, and faithful for the repose of Pope Francis’ soul, asking the Lord to reward ...

The bureaucrats bristled at the Pope’s recent draconian moves: Since 2021, he'd slashed salaries for the Church’s 250-odd cardinals three times. In 2023, he nixed the rich housing subsidies ...

His reforms made the body more representative of the global Catholic community, while the cardinals he selected, by and large, share his vision of the Church. All of this makes it more likely that ...