(Photo by EPA/MAXPPP) Pope Francis suffered another fall at the Saint Martha residence ... reiterating a statement he had made previously: that the church is governed by the head and heart ...

Two years after a devastating fire, a historic church in Kansas is rebuilt and rededicated, as the faithful rally to cover ...

How Brigid went from a Celtic goddess to Catholic saint St. Brigid's feast day on February 1 is also known as Imbolc, a celebration for the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. Susan Byron ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ iconic San Agustin Church in Intramuros is among the attractions at the International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. The festival ...

“It’s becoming one school system,” said the Rev. Father Gary Blake, who heads the Peru Catholic School. “We will be a new school in the fall,” said the Rev. Father ... Fewer families are attending ...

MANILA, Philippines — An ice sculpture of the Philippines’ iconic San Agustin Church was among the main attractions at the International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, the capital city of ...

Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in purgatory — where the Catholic Church teaches that people who have confessed their sins are purified before entering ...

The Virgin and Child with Angels by a Fountain, Bernaert Van Orley (1492-1541) There are basically two traditions of the Annunciation iconography: one situating it at a cistern or fountain, the other ...

The 88-year-old pope was also mildly injured in a fall in December ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican correspondent. After growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, she earned ...

A Texas Catholic shelter network defended itself at the state Supreme Court this week against allegations that the nonprofit unlawfully harbors “aliens” who entered the country illegally.

Attorneys on both sides of the fight to close the El Paso Annunciation House fielded questions from Texas Supreme Court justices looking to clarify the legal line separating the Catholic migrant ...

Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on Earth PRAYAGRAJ, India -- Hindu ...