News about Roman Catholic Church, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Labor heavyweight Chris Bowen has been reprimanded by a Catholic priest after committing the ultimate faux pas at a religious ceremony on Sunday – chowing down on a bowl of pasta mid-mass.

On Tuesday, June 24, members of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Brookhaven observed the Feast Day of Corpus Christi with a procession through downtown.

By Gina Christian, OSV News (OSV News) — An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders. Two ...

(OSV News) — An Idaho pastor told OSV News his parish turned to prayer and Eucharistic adoration, following a deliberate and deadly attack on first responders. Two firefighters were killed and a third ...

The first formation center for canonization in the United States is scheduled to open at St. Patrick’s Seminary and University in Menlo Park, California, in 2026. The Center for Sainthood, ...

ROME (CNS) -- Sent by his religious order to Hong Kong to share the Gospel in Asia, one Catholic priest's missionary work is raising hell -- but not with the Chinese Communist Party.

A photographer shooting the landscape of American Catholicism today needs a wide-angle lens.

(RNS) — The president won over a majority of Protestants and Catholics. He did much better among Hispanic and Asian Protestants.

A prominent Latin Mass supporter said areas of the church that had preserved "the traditional liturgy and faith" were witnessing an upsurge in vocations.

Catholicism is one of the largest religious groups in the U.S., and many people who don’t identify with the faith still say they have a relationship to it, according to the survey.

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.