In a world driven by narratives, the election of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pontiff in history, underscores how even the most ancient of institutions must now ...

Following the centuries-old tradition, some of the faithful stopped first at the Franciscan cathedral to pray before walking ...

Sub-Saharan Africa has the world's highest school dropout rates and a driving factor is that parents are being crushed by ...

The Vatican on Monday removed artwork by former Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik from its official websites. Digital images of ...

A Nigerian Catholic priest who recently served in the United States has been abducted by extremists along with other travelers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, the church said.

As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old ...

The Diocese of Buffalo announced on Monday its request for parishes to contribute a total of $80 million toward the $150 million it agreed to pay in April to settle ...