In her new book, Melanie McDonagh gives us a rollicking account of a group of highly talented writers and artists as they ...

Blair converted during a mass Friday night at the private London chapel of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, the church said. "I'm very glad to ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — More than 20 years ago, Steen Heidemann stumbled into Westminster Cathedral in London, where he was studying architecture, and witnessed his first Mass. Born to an atheist family ...

In this undated photo, G.K. Chesterton, left, receives an honorary degree from Holy Cross Father Charles L. O'Donnell, C.S.C., then president of the University of Notre Dame (CNS photo/Matt Cashore, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sydney Johnston grew up in a nondenominational Christian household — but now the Upper West Side millennial is a devout Catholic. ...

Arthur James Gregg, a convert to the Catholic faith who held the distinction of being the first Black American to achieve the rank of lieutenant general in the U.S. Army, died last month at 96.

A record-high number of people are expected to convert to Catholicism during the Easter season this year, according to the Archdiocese of Newark. New data released by the archdiocesan Worship Office ...

Pope Leo XIV has bestowed one of the Catholic Church’s highest honours on St. John Henry Newman, declaring the influential 19th-century Anglican convert a "doctor" of the church. The rare designation, ...

James Earl Jones, a distinguished actor of stage and screen who was a convert to the Catholic faith, died Monday at age 93. Known for lending his booming voice to such characters as Darth Vader in the ...