The 21 cardinals-designate named by the pope Oct. 6 hail from 18 nations. Eight of the cardinals come from Europe, five from ...

Cardinal Fernández urged caution, saying Pope Francis believes more reflection is needed before addressing the issue ...

Hundreds of Pakistani people marched on the streets of the national capital Islamabad calling for an end to abuses by Muslim ...

The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, ordered a reorganization of the diocese's geographical divisions -- a series of "sectors ...

The interior ministry filed an affidavit stating marital rape be treated more leniently than rape committed outside marriage ...

As the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism around the world, two New ...

Photos and videos showed brown water rushing through the Elephant Nature Park as staff and volunteers carried dogs in ...

Controversy over women's ordination, even at the synod, detracts attention from the plight of women in the Catholic Church ...

Millions of dollars for military training is unnecessary while education quality drops due to budget cuts, critics say ...

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross as he opens the second assembly of the Synod on Synodality with a Mass concelebrated ...

Calls US body 'biased with a political agenda' after it said India should get ‘Country of Particular Concern’ status ...

Typhoon Krathon slammed into Taiwan on Oct. 3, bringing mudslides, flooding and destructive winds to the shuttered island ...