1946: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini was canonized by Pope Pius XII as the first American saint. The Italian-American nun ...

Today in History for July 7: In 1438, the decrees of Basel were adopted by the Roman Catholic Church. They restricted the authority of the popes and imposed a degree of accountability on the cardinals ...

Robert Stewart graduated from Notre Dame in 1967. “It was a very desirable place to attend school. It was a very magical ...

The Statue of Liberty, France's gift to the U.S., was originally viewed as a tribute to the end of slavery. But poet Emma ...

CORPUS is disbanding, citing the advanced age of its membership and lack of new members. The reform group, an "national ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible.

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

Trump has largely shut down the southwest border by ending asylum programs and deploying troops. But those moves have shrunk ...

After the Catholic Church and the Portland Diocese claimed another institution that was created and paid for by the community ...

Governments have so corrupted money that we forget that sound money, by providing both fungibility and privacy, has been a ...

From the early days of the Restoration, Church leaders have championed the fundamental human right to religious freedom. Here ...

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.