Even though Western Pennsylvania has fewer sunny days than other parts of the U.S., the 170 solar panels on the roofs of the ...

Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert announced new clergy assignments Sunday in the diocese. The annual assignments are designed to meet the needs of the diocese’s 78 parishes, as well as needs at colleges ...

Republican voters do not have a contested primary for the seats up for grabs in the November general election.

Five Catholic churches have been put on the market. They, and others closed, can still be used for weddings and funerals ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - On Tuesday, May 20 voters will head to the polls to take part in Pennsylvania's primary election. In ...

Parishioners at one church in Luzerne County will soon have to find a new place to worship as the Diocese of Scranton ...

When it came time for American Legion Post 123, Lansford, to present its 2024 Tom Dobosh Memorial Lansford Person of the Year ...

run by St. Peter's Catholic Church, 433 W. Church Street, have been following the procedure of the papal selection and eagerly awaiting its result. Now it's here. White smoke evaporated in the air ...

All Roman Catholics are ... with the Eastern Orthodox Church and then again with the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. There are an estimated 1.4 billion Catholic adherents around the world.

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa, a continent Francis showered with attention. By Elian Peltier Reporting from Dakar, Senegal When Pope Francis ...

A young girl celebrates Pope Francis as he appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13, 2013, at the Vatican.

Thought to be of Berber origin, Pope Victor I was in charge of the Catholic Church at a time when Christians were sometimes being persecuted by Roman officials for refusing to worship Roman gods.