Remains of a church destroyed during anti-Christian violence in Odisha state, eastern India, in August 2008. (Photo by All India Christian Council / CC BY-SA 3.0) “If you don’t hear our voices ...

La Croix: The pope is about to publish an encyclical on the Sacred Heart. What is this devotion about? Father Etienne Kern: The devotion to the Sacred Heart is a spirituality entirely focused on ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

Pope Francis has been accidentally using a hashtag for the New Orleans Saints when tweeting about the religious saints. NFL ...

Everything's bigger in Texas, including debt. Lending marketplace "Lending Tree" released a study naming Austin the most debt ...

We're discussing the voting process depicted in the new papal thriller "Conclave" (in theaters now). Light spoilers ahead! Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of ...

The head of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, set up by Pope Francis in 2014, said the Church was coming out of a "dark period" in which "Church leaders tragically failed ...

The synod was the end of a four-year consultation aimed at gauging the views of every church-going Catholic globally, and Pope Francis opened up what is usually a bishops conference to some lay ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General ...

In a surprising move at the conclusion of the Synod on Synodality on Saturday evening, Pope Francis ratified the final report, approved its immediate publication, and said he will not publish a ...

As he was known before donning the papal tiara, Eugenio Pacelli had shepherded his flock through some of the darkest days of the war-torn 20th century. His illustrious reign saw the rise and fall of ...