Americans' views of religion's role in society have grown more positive in recent years. But many feel their religious beliefs conflict with the mainstream.

A new study shows religion is gaining more influence in American life across the country, according to new data that shows a ...

A new study shows growing up religious can improve physical health but may worsen mental and cognitive wellbeing in older age ...

A new large-scale study of European adults suggests that, on average, being religiously educated as a child is associated ...

Thirty-one percent of Americans said religion is gaining influence, according to the Pew Research Center. That’s still the ...

The Second Vatican Council’s teaching on the universal call to holiness, in Chapter 5 of Lumen Gentium, was a landmark in the Church’s awareness of the vocation possessed by all the baptized. However, ...

Benedictine nuns are pictured in 1900 before the completion of St. Anthony's Hospital in Bemidji, Minn. The image appeared in a 2011 documentary titled "Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America," ...

Thirty-one-year-old James Pawlowicz's journey of self-discovery began during his high school years, when he started to realize that he was a boy but he lacked the words and understanding to fully ...

Planning permission has been requested to convert a closed indoor children's play centre in Shipley into a place of worship.

It is reasonable to say we are living in an age where we are more distracted than ever. Distractions can come from the phones in our pockets, the watches on our wrist, the radios in our cars, or even ...

A committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops plans to address whether people who identify as transgender can enter religious life in the Catholic Church. At the request of several bishops, ...