South Korea’s Catholic bishops are calling on citizens to elect a president who understands that power is not a privilege but a responsibility to serve the people following President Yoon Suk ...

The 12 years of Francis’s pontificate were marked by 13 trips in Asia, from the first visit to South Korea to the long ...

Mourners offer a memorial prayer at an altar for the late Pope Francis at the Peace Hall near the Martyrs Mountain Shrine, a ...

"He had a special affection for South Korea, saying he was willing to visit North Korea if it could relieve, even if only ...

More than 1,500 people packed into a cathedral in East Timor on Tuesday and an overspill of hundreds swarmed outside as one ...

Acting President Han Duck-soo mourned the death of Pope Francis Tuesday, paying respects at an altar set up at Myeongdong ...

Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct descendant of a canonized saint. “That was the clincher for me: ‘Oh, I think I ...

The Catholic Church will proclaim its first millennial saint on April 27, elevating Carlo Acutis, a teenage web developer who died from leukaemia in 2006, to the same status as Saint Francis and ...

NNA - The Korean battalion operating within UNIFIL in southern Lebanon and the administration of Martyr Mohammad Saad High School celebrated at the school's theater. The event was attended by the ...

Father Hegarty has been described as a ‘martyr for the Catholic faith’ in Inishowen during Penal times. While ministering to his people, he had to hide in a cave. His violent death came about when he ...

St Edmund Arrowsmith, a priest, was another Catholic martyr in the 17th century. He was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1628 after being arrested for celebrating Mass. After his death, one of his ...