Explore religious figures shaping global events in 2025. From influential leaders to rising voices, this four-part series ...

Pope Francis convened a high-level summit Monday to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and exploitation, throwing his moral authority behind a global initiative to ...

During the first hearing in a civil trial over the firing of a couple from their jobs at the Vatican Bank over a ...

Kingdoms are a fascinating thing to study. For most of human history, people gathered around kingdoms to provide protection ...

A United States-based watchdog has launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the silence of Filipi ...

Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

Opinion: Churches and their strident faiths have been perhaps the most guilty of upsetting democracy by installing chaos and tyranny in its place.

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for saying Pope Francis is not the real pope. Father Natale Santonocito (61), parish priest of the San Cesareo church south-east of ...

Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of ...

At the National Pro-Life Summit, provocateur Fr. Calvin Robinson of the Anglican Catholic Church threw up a Nazi-like salute.

The Diocese of Bolzano-Bressanone in Italy made history Jan. 20 by publishing the country's first diocesan abuse report, ...