A rare exhibit of the Holy Tunic of Christ — believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his passion — is drawing ...

Of the many devotions Pope Francis promoted during his pontificate, perhaps none is better known than his devotion to Our ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people filed through the central aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica to pay their final respects ...

The body of Pope Francis is lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain for three days until his funeral ...

Prelude Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday and ends on Vigil of Holy Saturday. One may ask why there are a lot of importance ...

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U.S. Catholic leaders are ending their church’s 50-year partnership with the federal government and seeking new ways to help refugees. Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference ...

A jubilee year is a time for Catholics to "re-establish a proper relationship with God, one another and with all of creation", according to the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Each jubilee ...

A Christian man accused of blasphemy in the eastern Pakistani town of Jaranwala will appeal against a death sentence handed down by an anti-terrorism court, his lawyer said on Saturday. The 36-year ...

But this passage makes clear: It is God who is the “Lord and Giver of Life ... was handed over to the Russian Orthodox Church.

A fired Catholic school teacher was violently wrestled to the ground and put in handcuffs after he stormed a Kansas church's pulpit to pray for migrants. Jimbo Gillcrist planned to share his own ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church‘s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St. Peter’s Square. But throngs of pilgrims are already flocking to the church in ...