Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St Peter鈥檚 Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church.
Thick black smoke billowed on Thursday from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in a sign that cardinals again failed to elect a new head of the Catholic Church...
Catholic cardinals will enter a sealed conclave this week to choose a new pope, with the Church鈥檚 1.4 billion members holding their breath over an uncertain outcome.
Catholic Church in Bangladesh will host an interfaith dialogue in September this year...
DIPLOMACY also crosses the conventional boundary of words and official discourse far too often, normally existing in the form of gestures, which, symbolic though, pack colossal importance. This is the domain of the art of 鈥榩hoto diplomacy,鈥� a delicate line where the exchange of photography is not only taking a vessel of collective memory but even a propelling...
Pope Francis marked a week in hospital with pneumonia Friday, as speculation grew over the 88-year-old鈥檚 ability to continue leading the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church鈥檚 religious orders.
The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a...
Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia's Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on Monday, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North Caucasus.
A violent mob of hundreds ransacked and torched five churches, attacked the residences of members of the Christian community and the office of the local assistant commissioner, following an alleged incident of blasphemy in Jaranwala town of Faisalabad district in Pakistan, on Wednesday....