14+ hour, 48+ min ago  (609+ words) By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer Against this backdrop, there has been a long-running discussion about the role that religion can play in enhancing personal well-being and lowering the risk of mental health problems. A positive view of religious faith's…...

2+ week, 23+ hour ago  (1036+ words) There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV, the careful, reserved, Midwestern Augustinian, found his voice on his epic trip through Africa, blasting the "handful of tyrants" and "chains of corruption" that have held parts of the…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (289+ words) The Swiss Guard was founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II. Years earlier in the fifth century, Pope Sixtus IV recognized the popes needed a military. Because of an outbreak of the plague, Rome was largely abandoned and the locals could not…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (430+ words) Filipino Catholics gathered Sunday afternoon, Jan. 11, for a lively, colorful community tradition. The prayerful event at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church in Grand Terrace was for the Feast of the Santo Ni'o, one of many month-long celebrations in the Diocese…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (294+ words) Catholic bishops from across California congregated at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center to hold a Mass inside the detention center on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to remind those detained that they aren't forgotten. "Each one of us represents hundreds of thousands of…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (256+ words) As part of the Catholic Church's celebration of its newest saints " including the first millennial saint " Inland Empire Catholics are marking the occasion with prayerful events and activities. RELATED: Catholics in Southern California to celebrate sainthood of Carlo Acutis, Pier…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (914+ words) Southern California Catholic churches have seen a noticeable drop in Mass attendance, religious leaders said, as immigration activity spreads fear through heavily immigrant communities. Last week, San Bernardino Diocese Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a decree exempting faithful Catholics from attending…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (94+ words) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, center, greets Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo during a final Mass celebrated by cardinals inside St. Peter's Basilica, before the conclave to elect a new pope, at the Vatican. .. Watch as Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary, speaks for…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (72+ words) "All members of the faithful who, due to genuine fear of immigration enforcement actions, are unable to attend Sunday Mass or Masses on holy days of obligation are dispensed from this obligation," Bishop Alberto Rojas said. "All members of the…...