Catholic families in Arlington are planning to demonstrate Sunday afternoon against the decision made by some local churches to exclude girls from altar service. A report in Sunday's edition of The ...

Blame it on those San Francisco values. That’s what the Rev. Joseph Illo believes is driving the uproar around his decision not to train girls to be altar servers at Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco's Roman Catholic archbishop is upholding a ban on altar girls imposed by a local pastor. The ban applies to Star of the Sea Church in San Francisco's Richmond ...

John Lennon said, "When you do something beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle, and yet most of the audience still sleeps." Those who ...

An altar server had an up-close look as vandals destroy a treasured church relic in front of the entire congregation Sunday. Sam Noblit was sitting in the front row pew Sunday morning during mass at ...

When Lindsay Van Vynckt’s Catholic parish invited girls to become altar servers a year ago, she signed up immediately. Over the last year the 10-year-old girl has practically become a fixture in the ...