A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful ...

"Debt relief and restructuring make effective economic and security policy, strengthening our country's global leadership," ...

Around the world, they are in unusual venues ranging from a Japanese museum in a mountain forest to a Warsaw church dome ...

In a world economy rocked by the whiplash of American trade tariffs that has spared few countries, the US Conference of ...

The renewed interest in the traditional rite aligns with what’s known as the “strict church” hypothesis, which stipulates ...

A commonly-used design for the Vatican flag, flown frequently even at the Vatican itself, contains a small but easily-noticed ...

The Italian city has a reputation for being gray, but its architecture is far from dull.

ROME – As the world reels from a new tariff war imposed by United States President Donald Trump and as a ceasefire in Ukraine remains unstable, the Vatican is seeking engagement with Russia in ...

Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington who was accused of sexually abusing minors and adults, has died, according to a statement by his successor, Cardinal Robert McElroy.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states and international organizations, and Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, had a phone call on Friday in ...

Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since his ...