John G. Vlazny, who served as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland between 1997 and 2013, died Friday at his Beaverton residence, the church announced Sunday. He was 88.

The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome’s cathedral and seat of the ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

Popes — they're just like us? Not exactly, but you wouldn't know that by the American fanfare surrounding the newly minted ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of Billy Bray, the pope issuing an anti-slavery decree, ...

For The Rev. Fr. Juan Manuel Camacho, there's opportunity in the fact that Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago, along the same Great ...

The Catholic Church has always been central to Creole identity. The Prevosts aren’t the only ones who passed into white ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Chicago-area motorcyclists rode their bikes to Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine in Merrillville, Indiana, for a special bike blessing and to ensure safety ahead of this year's riding season.

Language and how it’s used shapes not only the way we feel but also how we think, said Viorica Marian, professor of ...