The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the ...

Brother Richard Withers has lived a life of solitary prayer and contemplation in the Philadelphia region for 24 years. On May ...

Deffenbaugh and Prevost lived together in an Augustinian community in Chicago while Prevost was enrolled at Catholic ...

Deffenbaugh and Prevost lived together in an Augustinian community in Chicago while Prevost was enrolled at Catholic ...

Bells rang in St. Peter's Square and the crowd erupted in cheers on the second day of the papal conclave when white smoke ...

“I saw acts of medieval torture that still haunt me.” “These echoes of suffering have never left me — and for those still held captive, they are not echoes, they are reality,” he added.

As a specialist on medieval Catholicism and worship ... came about to lead and serve Christian communities: bishops, priests and deacons. Bishops supervised local church communities and presided ...

According to a centuries-old custom, the Gaddi Nasheen is barred from walking out of the temple all his life Hanumangarhi Temple chief priest will leave his home for the first time to visit the ...

Dealing with a separate case, the judge gave similar relief to Anand Sarma, a priest working with Jogulamba temple. The priest was facing allegations of discreetly taking the photos of Alampur MLA ...

Esfandiari’s arrest shocked Iran’s diplomatic corps. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei condemned the “medieval” treatment, stating: "For over 40 days, Ms. Esfandiari has been held in ...

As the world prepares to bid farewell to Pope Francis with a funeral at the Vatican, Catholics across the globe, including in Oklahoma, are reflecting on his legacy and looking ahead to the ...

AFP via Getty Images In one case, Mahony kept now-defrocked priest Michael Baker in circulation after the cleric confessed in 1986 to molesting two boys over a nearly seven-year period.