ANALYSIS: The Sept. 25-28 papal trip will be a significant journey to the heart of secularized Europe, highlighted by ...

Unbeknownst to many who travel along the main road of the ancient Roman neighborhood of Trastevere, one modern hospital holds an old monastic secret, with roots going back to the earliest days of the ...

A federal court granted a request from two parents to consider whether a Michigan school district violated the First Amendment when officials began treating their daughter as a boy without informing ...

A report warns that the U.S. has shifted away from a focus on international religious freedom. Alternatively, the State ...

Indeed, Blessed Stanley Rother served as a shepherd to his last moment on earth. As he wrote and said more than once, “At the first sign of danger, the shepherd can’t just leave and leave the sheep to ...

The Pope also reconfirmed eight existing members, including President Cardinal Reinhard Marx and vice coordinator Charlotte Kreuter-Kirchhof.

The death toll remains unknown as authorities assess the damage, which affected several cities in the western part of the ...

Unique among world leaders, the pope serves simultaneously as the universal spiritual head of the Catholic Church and as the head of the Holy See, a distinct sovereign entity under international law ...

The answer is No — but Catholics should carefully weigh questions of charity and Church unity before deciding whether to ...

Most of the upgrades will remain at the shrine for the long-term benefit of pilgrims, so any donations are viewed as an investment in Lourdes’ future.

In a letter addressed to the priests, religious, and faithful of Ceuta, Bishop Ramón Valdivia invited the faithful to pray on the eve of the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary.

The philosopher and author of more than 100 books (including one on the spirituality of surfing) is about to start his 62nd ...