His critics were fellow clergy as well as elected officials in the ascendant wing of the American Catholic political realm.

Following the death or resignation of a pope, the camerlengo of the church, typically will take over as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church until a new pope is selected ...

Easter Sunday services will not go on as planned at Saint Edmund Church in Queens, following a fire on Saturday afternoon.

Leaders of faith-based institutions are backing a bill that would give them a pass from local regulations that make it hard ...

After years of scrambling to preserve the community and the church’s mission during renovations, the church now wants to get ...

The fire started just before 2 p.m. at Saint Edmund Church on Rockaway Point Boulevard between Arcadia Walk and Beach 207 Street in Breezy Point.

A Catholic church in Queens was engulfed in flames less than 24 hours before worshippers were set to gather for Easter Sunday mass. The fire broke out at Saint Edmund Church of the Holy Trinity ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Easter Sunday brought a mix of celebration and uncertainty to many in Buffalo, as some churches face ...

BREEZY POINT, Queens (WABC) -- Flames destroyed a Catholic church in Queens on Holy Saturday, the same church devastated by a Superstorm Sandy-fueled fire almost 13 years ago. The fire started ...

A three-alarm fire broke out in a church in the Rockaways Saturday afternoon. More than 100 firefighters and EMS medics responded to a blaze that started around 2 p.m. at St. Edmund Church near ...