A $50 million shrine in Oklahoma built to honor the slain missionary — killed by three masked assassins who entered his rectory during Guatemala’s civil war — is expected to draw thousands of pilgrims to his home state.

Many Catholic nuns, in the Philadelphia area as elsewhere, are known to be among the country’s most rabid sports fans.

“To me, placing survivors’ stories first is about cultural transformation,” said the Rev. Gerard McGlone in regard to the report involving case studies of abuse cover-up in Catholic diocese.

The Church of England banned church weddings for same-sex couples while allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages and partnerships.

A Catholic high school in Philadelphia is taking action after several of its students posted a racist social media video that has sparked community protests.

Six churchmen and a diocesan communicator were sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges as Nicaragua’s increasingly tyrannical regime continues its persecution of the Catholic Church.