CHICAGO — A Chicago police chaplain says he is “mortified” that he mistakenly gave Holy Communion to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a non-Catholic Christian in a same-sex marriage, during Thursday’s funeral ...

As her elderly mother was dying, Barbara Johnson lay next to her on the hospital bed, reciting the "Hail Mary." Loetta Johnson, 85, had been a devout Catholic, raising her four children in the church ...

A Catholic bishop has instructed priests in his central Illinois diocese to deny communion, last rites and funeral rites to people in same-sex marriages – unless they repent. In the decree he sent to ...

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (WUSA) -- It's been an extremely difficult week for Barbara Johnson --perhaps the most difficult week of her life. It all started on Saturday at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will be joining the bipartisan Congressional Delegation to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican on Saturday. Despite claiming to be ...

The Archdiocese of Washington is apologizing to a local woman for a priest's alleged behavior at her mother's funeral. Barbara Johnson says the priest denied her communion at the Mass because of her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mourners have paid their respects to the Pope in St Peter's Basilica - Dylan Martinez/REUTERS The Vatican has published the order ...