Pope Leo XIV named Irish Sr. Mary Teresa Barron to lead the Vatican's global network of missionary societies, making her the first woman to hold the post.

With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.

With his wife, Tammy Faye, Mr. Bakker built a broadcasting juggernaut around the gospel of prosperity.

Helene Kröller-Müller assembled the world’s second-largest collection of van Gogh paintings. Now, for the first time in decades, they are on show together in a Dutch forest.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis.

Can we preserve the connection between personal writing and human experience in the Slop Age?

During the fall semester of 2013, I began to teach a new course here at Yale: The Catholic Intellectual Tradition. Even though the course had no track record (and...

An ardent follower of the cult leader, he was convicted on two counts of murder in 1972 and spent the rest of his life in prison.

The American Airlines passenger who became a human duct-tape roll after going berserk on a flight was allegedly triggered by a chat with a rabbi over religion, TMZ has confirmed.

The fight reflects a larger American phenomenon: Churchgoers increasingly want decisions to be made at the local level, not by a national denomination.

The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

A poem by Natalie Diaz.

A public open house in 2027 will grant nonmembers of the Latter-day Saints rare access to the interior of the iconic Salt Lake Temple.

For many Americans, Ms. Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one centered in small rural congregations that prize community over ideology.

Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S.

For many Americans, Ms. Parton represented an idealized style of faith: one centered in small rural congregations that prize community over ideology.