The 21 cardinals-designate named by the pope Oct. 6 hail from 18 nations. Eight of the cardinals come from Europe, five from ...

Cardinal Fernández urged caution, saying Pope Francis believes more reflection is needed before addressing the issue ...

Hundreds of Pakistani people marched on the streets of the national capital Islamabad calling for an end to abuses by Muslim ...

The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, ordered a reorganization of the diocese's geographical divisions -- a series of "sectors ...

The interior ministry filed an affidavit stating marital rape be treated more leniently than rape committed outside marriage ...

Pope Francis’ call for the release of Myanmar’s jailed democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and his offer of the Vatican as a ...

Photos and videos showed brown water rushing through the Elephant Nature Park as staff and volunteers carried dogs in ...

As the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism around the world, two New ...

Controversy over women's ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church ...

Millions of dollars for military training is unnecessary while education quality drops due to budget cuts, critics say ...

Thousands of pilgrims from across the country gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in ...

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he opens the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality with a Mass concelebrated ...