"I didn't think my role was going to be a priest, but eventually it was like maybe that's actually supposed to be my job on ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

Through the sacrament of holy orders received May 17, the priests begin their new mission to serve for the good of souls in ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

It was the first time that Leo had returned to the loggia since he first appeared to the world on Thursday evening following his remarkable election as pope.

Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views ...

The German Catholic bishops have published a handout that offers guidance to pastors on blessings for couples in “irregular” situations such as same-sex relationships, urging clergy to use the ...

Tens of thousands took part this morning in the second Priestly Blessing ceremony during the prayers for the Passover holiday held at the Western Wall Plaza. The ceremony was attended by the rabbi ...

Shapiro told reporters that the Priestly Blessing, known in Hebrew as Birkat Kohanim, was one of many prayers his family received, but this one brought special comfort. The passage is part of the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional priestly blessing. The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s ...

Covered in prayer shawls, Jewish men of the Cohanim Priestly caste participate in a blessing during the holiday of Passover, at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, in the Old ...

Tens of thousands of people have gathered at the holiest Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem for the traditional priestly blessing Credit: AP Credit: AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of people ...