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BISHOP Robert Barron, the founder of the Catholic media apostolate Word on Fire, was installed as the ninth bishop of...
SIX years after Father Jacques Hamel was murdered by knife-wielding terrorists while celebrating Mass at his parish church in northern...
THE parents of a 12-year-old Archie Battersbee, have been refused permission to appeal against a decision to end his life...
CELEBRATING the feast day of Jesus' grandparents, Pope Francis not only urged people to honour their elders, but he asked...
FOR the first time since 1835, the monks of the Santo Domingo de Silos Monastery in Spain — known for...
CNS and staff reporters POPE Francis said he was "deeply sorry" for the Catholic Church's "catastrophic" involvement in the "cultural...
WHOEVER broke into a medieval French church last month and stole a golden reliquary containing what was said to be...
By CNS and staff reporters POPE Francis has arrived in Canada for the start of a five-day trip that will...
DEAFNESS is one of the most common disabilities in the Solomon Islands, yet there is limited educational support for the...
A continuing siege of Tigray by Ethiopian government forces is frustrating church efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of...
FOLLOWING the kidnapping of two Catholic priests in central Nigeria last week, the local diocese announced yesterday that one of...
TWO Nigerian priests were kidnapped last Friday, which brings the country's total number of priests abducted in July to seven....
FATHER Peter Amodu was walking to the Holy Ghost Parish in Southern Nigeria on July 6. He never arrived for...
FIRE has damaged half of the Chapels of Light Shrines that sit on the far bank across from the baths...
POPE Francis announced the appointment of three women to the Vatican committee that assists in the selection of bishops. Franciscan...
The care of the environment and the fight against climate change is not a lofty goal for humanity but a...
TOKYO Archbishop Isao Kikuchi said he was “deeply saddened and shocked” after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination and deplored...
AFTER the dust has settled at Number 10 Downing Street, there’s time to consider what is the legacy of Boris...
Catholic bishops in the Philippines have vowed to accelerate evangelisation by being with the poor and reaching out to all...
POPE Francis said he will appoint two women to a historically all-male Vatican committee that assists in the selection of...
CARITAS Australia chief executive officer Kirsty Robertson has called for an immediate response for urgent famine prevention relief after meeting...
POPE Francis has condemned the “senseless” mass shooting that killed seven people and injured at least 40 others at a...
A LINE of catechumens with their faces blurred stood on a muddy track in a remote area of Bangladesh waiting...
POPE Francis has asked people to pray after 50 migrants were found dead in a Texas trailer truck on Monday....
By CNS and staff writers Clinics have begun closing in some US states after a Supreme Court ruling last Friday...
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