In the Diocese of Brooklyn, they’ve also seen a surge. In 2024, they had 538 adults enter the church, nearly twice the amount of 2023. (All priests acknowledge some will drop off before the Easter Vigil, but they still expect numbers to remain high).

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains how the Church's celebration this Sunday of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, invites us to give the thanks for the king who laid down His life because of His great love for us.

The Catholic Church is facing aging congregations, fewer priests and financial strain. In many places, this has meant closing parishes. But in Philadelphia, they're trying something different.

When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the customs of one's native lands was not bad and created systems of mutual aid and education for

The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday, Oct. 31, making it the 41st U.S. diocese to seek court-supervised reorganization in the wake of clergy sexual abuse claims. (photo: Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain )

The Catholic Church has continued to affirm the definition of marriage as exclusively between one man and one woman — why?

The U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops announced a year-long campaign focused on mental health called Healing and Hope, an initiative that aims to amplify local conversations about mental health.