The remains of St. Francis of Assisi have gone on public display for the first time, marking 800 years since the saint’s ...

Iran has appointed Alireza Arafi to the Leadership Council following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This group has taken charge, as senior military commanders were also eliminated ...

So what are we doing on a mountaintop in the early days of Lent? Just last week, we were with Jesus in the desert, as he ...

Already, nearly 400,000 people have registered to pray before the relics and Stoppini estimates the number could well reach a half-million before the bones go back into their tomb March 22.

Why the date of Easter remains divisive four centuries later - The idea of a common Easter celebration date has been ...

Melania Trump has kept busy this winter between the White House Christmas decorations and the premiere of her documentary, ...

The first Catholic newspaper in the U.S. was essentially an outreach to immigrant Catholics. Over 200 years later, the National Catholic Reporter is also involved in an outreach to immigrants — but in ...

From cabbies to the Czech Republic ...

News of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, followed by Feb. 24 arrest of Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to ...

The number of Roman Catholics is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else, according to the Vatican. The Vatican announced on Wednesday that Pope Leo XIV would make a 10-day trip to Africa in April ...

The bones of the beloved saint were unveiled for public display Feb. 22 in the Lower Church of the Basilica of St. Francis of ...

Travelling more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) from Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria State in southwestern South Sudan, a team of justice experts escorted by United Nations peacekeepers moved ...