The year 2024 was marked by inspiring events for the Catholic Church—worldwide, such as the Synod, the reopening of Notre ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal ... emphasizing the “church of the peripheries.” It was Francis’ third trip to France, each time avoiding Paris and the protocols ...

Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on ...

World leaders sent condolences to South Korea on Sunday after the country suffered its deadliest airplane crash, with 179 ...

Rome (AFP) – Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the ...

GENEVA (Switzerland) - 30th anniversary of the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) BELGIUM - Ban on disposable electronic cigarettes comes into force VIDEO. LONDON (United Kingdom) - Prince ...

Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas ...

Each of the seven tapestries is about 28 feet wide and 14 feet high. They were woven from wool, silk, and silver and gold thread by master craftsmen in an atelier in Brussels. The weavers worked from ...

Prompted in part by the 350th-anniversary celebrations of the apparitions of the Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque at Paray-le-Monial, France, Pope Francis looked at how the traditional ...