A new project is urging women to strike by withholding time, labor and financial resources from the church during Lent ... the issue "open" — despite Pope Francis telling television host ...

Prohibited firearms cannot be bought, sold, lent, or imported. Thursday's announcement specifically revises the classification of "104 families of assault-style firearms, encompassing 324 unique ...

The Jubilee starting on December 24 is a religious event of enormous significance for the city of Rome, Italy, and the world.

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

As many as 35 million visitors are expected in Rome in 2025. Many of them will be pilgrims for the upcoming jubilee, a holy year the church celebrates every quarter-century. While numero ...

Bishop William McGrattan, who succeeded Henry in 2017, led the Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday. Standing outside of the ...

As Christmas arrives, the small Christian community in the Gaza Strip is again facing a season mired in war. Once a time ...

Yet beyond the squabbling on Capitol Hill, the fight has exposed a deeper ideological divide within the MAGA coalition over ...

Venckus shared this harrowing story at “Su Kristumi,” the West Coast’s first religious congress of Lithuanians held Dec. 6-7 ...

Visiting the Southern part of India during Christmas is a spiritual experience, with the beautiful churches offering not only ...

In Damascus, thousands searched morgues for loved ones missing during Assad's rule, while the destroyed statue of his father, ...