The coming generation of Catholic parents are likely to look for a strong sense of Catholic identity in Catholic schools.

BALTIMORE -- The Rev. Maurice Blackwell was beloved by many of Baltimore's black Catholics for infusing the religion with African-American rituals, such as hanging kente cloths and having couples ...

The pope is a global icon whose influence extends beyond the Catholic Church's 1.4 billion members. Correction & clarification: This story has been updated to correct the first name of Frederic ...

Growing numbers of Latin Americans are religiously unaffiliated, but belief in God remains high across the region.

A cloaked and timeless figure with a regal authority spanning centuries, the pope is a global icon whose appearances draw hundreds of thousands and whose influence as leader of the Catholic Church ...