The Vatican is marking the 400th anniversary of the consecration of St. Peter’s Basilica with a host of visitor-friendly ...

This is the week of Ash Wednesday, a solemn day of fasting and reflection that signals the start of Lent, the most penitential season of the church calendar for Catholics and many other Christians.

A speech by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio highlights how the MAGA movement is affecting Republicans, and if there really is a “Catholic moment” in U.S. politics.

Bangladesh’s small Catholic community is praying for a “peaceful, nonviolent, reconciliatory, and progressive mind and heart” ...

In his first visit to a Roman parish since his election nine months ago, Pope Leo XIV urged parishioners to leave behind any attitude of division and conflict, and to instead cultivate peace and love ...

Pope Leo Sunday prayed for victims of two deadly cyclones in Madagascar and their families and asked that the upcoming Lunar New Year open a future of peace and bridge-building.

Vice President Sara Duterte, the 47-year-old daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte, is facing three impeachment complaints, two of which involve Catholic priests and religious sisters among the ...

Olympic podiums are where the world’s best athletes win gold. But dozens of children on Feb. 9 received snowflake-shaped medals of their own in a Milan church a reminder that they, too, are champions ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for solidarity with the affected, as Colombian authorities say the amount of rain expected for an entire month fell in a single day.

The United States is sending troops to Nigeria to help train the West African nation’s military in fighting extremism, Nigerian authorities said Wednesday, as a multifaceted security crisis spreads in ...

In a bid to stop members of a breakaway traditionalist society from incurring excommunications through the illicit ordination of new bishops, the Vatican has offered a path forward based on ...

A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges ...