Those numbers have been declining as parishes close and merge, and fewer people fill the pews. Church officials say ... More buildings are underused or empty; costs to keep those buildings open ...

Parishioners learned the disappointing news over the weekend in a letter from the Bishop of Hamilton, Douglas Crosby. The decision comes after two years of discussion about the pastoral and ...

The complicated legacy of Exman’s oeuvre, Prothero writes, “taught millions to hate the word religion and love the word spirituality, and, in so doing, it helped to empty the pews in ...

Poland has long been deeply Catholic — but younger generations are walking away from the Church. In many parishes, pews are empty. But in Gdańsk, priest Krzysztof Niedałtowski is drawing ...