In colonial Latin America – called “New Spain” by European colonists – images of a white Jesus reinforced a caste system where white, Christian Europeans occupied the top tier, while those with darker ...

This Sunday holds a special significance across the Christian world, including Greece, as believers celebrate Palm Sunday ...

There's a reason why Catholics cover statues, crosses, and even some artwork during Lent, and it has everything to do with ...

Among Indonesian Catholics it is well known that President Prabowo Subianto had a close personal bond with Bishop Turang, as ...

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

As the Catholic Church celebrates the 2025 Jubilee, it also marks the 1700th Anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.

Despite the considerable amount of controversy that surrounded it, including allegations of anti-Semitism, Mel Gibson's 2004 ...

Far out in the South Pacific, there’s a tropical island called Bougainville. Its people are devoutly Catholic — with a twist. Many revere the Virgin Mary almost as much as her son, Jesus. Women are ...

Pilgrims have been pouring into this medieval hilltop town to venerate not only two of the Catholic Church’s most celebrated ...

One store owner picked up a blessed icon the first time she went to the shrine and ... Particularly devout to the eucharist and wanting to share the Catholic belief that Jesus is literally present in ...

Over the past year, Fairview, a town of nearly 11,000 people about 30 miles north of Dallas, became the center of a heated debate after the Town Council denied The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...

Six senior cardinals, including two considered strong contenders to be future popes, have been accused by campaigners of covering up sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. A bombshell dossier ...