Pope Benedict XVI's first official act of the New Year was to announce the official establishment of an ordinariate in the U.S. for Anglican groups and clergy who wish to become Catholic, making it one of only two such structures in the world.
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After an "exhaustive biological analysis" of a consecrated host that turned blood red this summer in a St. Paul church, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced that the cause of the phenomenon was a fungus, not a miracle.
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Church officials are planning to review the case of an 18 year-old Catholic Pakistani girl named Mariah Manisha who was shot to death for refusing to submit to rape, a forced marriage and conversion to Islam.
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The priests and parishioners at St. Raymond's parish in Downey, California staged an "Occupy Christmas" event at a busy local mall where they fell on their knees in the middle of the mall and began to reverence the Eucharist.
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A sealed box containing evidence of a miraculous healing of a seemingly stillborn baby in Illinois is on its way to Rome where it will be considered as a possible miracle attributable to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
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The number of couples who are choosing to marry in this country has dropped to record lows as more people opt for cohabitation or to delay marriage.
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Deep in the heart of a country many refer to as the "home of voodoo," Pope Benedict XVI spent the last three days teaching, proclaiming and exhorting the faithful of Benin to become "the light of Africa."
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A communique released today from the Vatican Secretariat of State indicates that the Vatican is pursing legal action to stop the promulgation of an offensive portrayal of Pope Benedict XVI in a global advertising campaign launched by Italian clothing giant, Benetton.
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The iconic Italian fashion house, Benetton, decided to withdraw a photo in an ad campaign that showed Pope Benedict XVI kissing an imam on the lips after the Vatican called it "completely unacceptable."
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Speaking just hours before Catholic Social Services in Illinois announced that the state's new civil union law was forcing them out of the adoption business, the head of the U.S. Bishops new committee on religious liberty warned the faithful that freedom of religion in America is being increasingly eroded.
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