A Nigerian archbishop insisted that a deadly stampede in a parish was the result of “empathy”, not negligence.

Church leaders in the Holy Land welcomed the prospect of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which US officials said would ...

The Vatican’s secretary of state called the gradual release of 553 prisoners in Cuba “a sign of great hope” at the beginning ...

Bangladesh “is feeling the injustice of living at the forefront of global climate change, while being a miniscule contributor ...

The Lebanese parliament elected the commander of the armed forces Joseph Aoun as president on its thirteenth attempt to fill ...

A sense of place is something very difficult to describe, but it’s deeply rooted in the human heart and most people ...

Mary Magdalen in Meditation (c.1620s pictured above), by the Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi, sold for £1,400,000 at ...

The decision to close the friary church in Clonmel is due to a lack of vocations and the aging profile of the friars.

The crosses are hidden in plain sight, in doorways and on walls across Edinburgh. Joanna Moorhead takes a tour with Stephen ...

An urgent summons to act, to improve the social determinants of health and well-being which have got worse for millions of ...

The crisis in academic theology is a problem for the Church, not just for Catholic colleges and universities. A leading ...

Victims of the Los Angeles fires, who call what has happened to their devastated and destroyed communities “apocalyptic”, may ...