Does your congregation have any special or unusual Advent or Christmas customs? Are there any that are characteristic of your ...

Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the Catholic Church related to the forgiveness of sins that roughly amounts to a “get out of Purgatory free ...

The former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has faced the Broome Magistrates Court on five new charges of unlawful and indecent assault. Mr Saunders is facing a total of 33 charges ...

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BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The giving fairies made an overnight visit to a downtown Binghamton church spreading generosity during the holiday season. Father Scott Parnell of Christ Episcopal ...

Broome County restaurant inspection records show 29 food establishments received five or more violations in November, according to the most recent data released by New York state. An Irish ...

a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church. The case also involves four “sub-entities” that mainly provide services to the disabled. Wisconsin officials countered that Catholic Charities has parti ...

has said its mission is to provide “services to the poor and disadvantaged as an expression of the social ministry of the Catholic Church.” State officials determined that the charity did not ...

During the Philippines’ 300 years under Spanish rule (1565–1898), the Roman Catholic Church practiced Misa de Aguinaldo(Gift Mass), another name for Simbang Gabi, according to parish priest ...

But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in Mexico's ongoing cartel violence apparently went unheeded as more dead bodies were found in the country on Thursday. Enormous crowds gathered ...

Pelosi, 84, said she’s been to Catholic churches all over the country and has “never been denied” Communion, declining to name the priests in San Francisco who, in giving her Communion ...

"I've never been denied. I've been to Catholic churches all over the country, and I've never been denied," she said. Pope Francis greets then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., accompanied ...