CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and ...

By 1901, there was one nun per 400 members of the Irish population and many of these women left the country for missionary ...

A federal judge in New Hampshire will hear arguments Thursday on whether to certify a class-action lawsuit that would include ...

New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

To have such a Mass celebrated in the mother church of England was ‘very impressive, very moving. We must pray a lot for the ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

His death made John Nepomucene, who was later canonized, the first “ martyr of the confessional ” — one of four priests ...

It somehow gets even better. The two cards that ReptileCake presented to Pope Leo were Popplios: this was a minor meme in the Pokemon community around the papal appointment, because "Pope Leo" and ...

Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Sergiyev Posad district near Moscow early on Friday, injuring one person and damaging ...

Eltville am Rhein invites visitors to slow down and stroll through history along the banks of the Rhine River.

Several Catholic colleges and universities remain open in Michigan, though Siena Heights University in Adrian will close.