An effort backed by the U.S. bishops to protect a centuries-old Native American religious site from destruction scored a win in federal court on Friday when a district judge blocked the sale of the ...

Pope Francis will become the first pope to visit the prestigious Venice Biennale art exhibition when he travels to the “city of canals” this spring. The theme of this year’s 60th International Art ...

After serving as a museum for more than 79 years, the Turkish government is proceeding with plans to make the Church of the Holy Savior in Istanbul a mosque. Mirroring the 2020 reversion of the Hagia ...

Two Texas pro-lifers are launching a health care plan that embraces Catholic life ethics, creating an ethical option for Christians. Health insurance companies often cover things that are in tension ...

The following is the text of Pope Francis' homily delivered at the Vatican's 2024 Easter Vigil. The women go to the tomb at daybreak, yet they still feel the darkness of night. They continue to walk, ...

More than 1,800 Italian Civil Protection volunteers are currently deployed around St. Peter’s Basilica and throughout central Rome to coordinate and facilitate the flow of pilgrims paying their final ...

With Claudia Sheinbaum set to take office as Mexico’s new president on Oct. 1, Catholic Church leadership in the country’s capital is calling on elected officials and citizens alike to “work together ...

Every night around the world approximately 350 million people, including a vast number of children, go to bed hungry. That’s according to the World Food Program (WFP), a major aid organization within ...

What began as a modest prayer meeting in a Vienna student apartment in 1987 has grown into one of Europe’s largest Catholic youth movements. The Loretto Community — named after the Marian shrine of ...

For Sister Idília María Moreira G. Carneiro, superior general of the Hospitaller Sisters, illness is not just a diagnosis or a curse to be avoided at all costs but a privileged place to encounter God.

Critically ill British infant Indi Gregory died overnight on Monday after her life support was removed over the weekend following a U.K. court order. The 8-month-old Gregory died in her mother’s arms ...

The exodus of Iraqi Christians from their ancestral homeland is once again making headlines. Many families are fleeing the country, seeking refuge in neighboring nations as a temporary stopover before ...