Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...

Unlike that of his only Catholic predecessor in the job, John F. Kennedy, Biden’s Catholicism, White said, “was embedded both ...

An Italian bishop has insisted that the rules for admission to the priesthood in his home country haven t changed amid ...

The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to ...

Pope Francis has met with more than 100 comedians from across the world, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, at the Vatican in ... than 30 million Catholic pilgrims are ...

The original crucifix dates back to the late 16th century, and its feast day on January 15 draws thousands of pilgrims to the ...

Pope Francis, 88, sustained a bruise to his right forearm after fall at his Vatican residence but continued with his daily ...

Cuba has released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from jail, as part of a Cuban government decision to gradually free ...

Did the pope endorse a Vatican-style ministate for a Muslim community on Thursday? The press in Albania seems to think so, ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

Pope Francis suffered a fall in his apartment on Thursday, his second in just more than a month’s time, the Vatican said.

As the nation's Catholics prepare to commemorate unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is pointing to the Jubilee Year as ...