Newark Advocate faith columnist Jeff Gill explores the history of Valentine's Day and how it connects to today's interpretation of the holiday.

The latest wave of consolidations in the Diocese of Joliet follows other controversial closings in recent years. While "budgetary issues" are cited as among the factors, church officials refuse to ...

More than a third of Trump's Cabinet nominees are Catholic. Three — Sean Duffy, Marco Rubio and John Ratcliffe — have already ...

The leader of the USCCB has commended the move to extend to the universal Catholic Church the feast of a beloved saint and "contemporary witness" of faith.

Pope Francis honors legacy of love and service of the founder of Missionaries of Charity religious congregation ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the Sept. 5 feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta to the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar as an ...

Christine Theresia Maleska, age 94 of Avon, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 8, 2025, at Mother of Mercy hospice care in Albany, Minnesota.

Jim Dessicino, parish catechetical leader at the Parish of Saint Monica in Atlantic City, center, stands with Coadjutor ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Shortly before 11 p.m. on Thursday, a loud scream that seemingly went on forever was heard on Sycamore Street on Buffalo’s ...