(RNS) — 'Did they single out the Catholic Church, or is it simply that our symbols of religion are so visible that they make an easy target?' said Aaron M. Weldon, of the USCCB's Office of Religious ...

A Roman Catholic organization is condemning the Department of Justice (DOJ) for what it claims is a lackluster approach to investigating an ongoing trend of violence against Catholic symbols after a ...

More than 200 state-run secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland will begin to phase out historical Catholic symbols and mandatory Masses, Irish sources have reported. The new regulations apply to ...

Balance to be used in the display of multi-denominational religious symbols as Catholic symbols to be phased out and Masses no longer compulsory. New Education and Training Board rules will see over ...

Mobsters who sport Catholic symbols aren’t actually good fellas, according to the pope. A new Vatican group backed by Pope Francis is taking a whack at stopping Mafia members from exploiting the ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of religion in film explains the varied representation of Catholicism in horror. In some films, it is used in the fight against evil, while others show the Church itself ...

“Along with the cross, the symbol of the Sacred Heart is the Catholic Christian sign of that love,” said Cardinal Collins, who released a 21-page pastoral letter on the Sacred Heart April 28. Catholic ...

ROME (AP) — Matteo Salvini slipped the rosary out of his pocket right before Premier Giuseppe Conte began his speech to Parliament. He took it out and kissed it again midway through the address, just ...

In mid-October, the day before the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on southern Israel, activists in Chihuahua, Mexico, strung a banner bearing a pro-Palestinian message from a parking garage to ...

It was after a pair of Catholic churches caught ablaze last summer, one in Southern California and another in Florida, that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decided to start documenting and ...

While the Toronto Catholic School District Board has voted to proclaim June as Pride Month and fly the rainbow LGBT Pride flag outside all its schools, the Catholic archdiocese has emphasized the ...