Pope Francis, an energetic reformer who inspired widespread devotion from Catholics but riled traditionalists, died on Monday ...

SOGOD, Southern Leyte — Despite the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the looming trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, reelectionist Senator ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

Pope Francis, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from outsiders, has died. April 21, 2025 Immigrants across southern ...

The Rev. Donte Hickman, one of the preachers marching after the police in-custody death of Freddie Gray, remembers receiving a phone call that changed his life forever.

Archbishop John F. Du, DD, of Palo in Leyte recalled the Pope’s visit to Leyte in 2015, particularly in Tacloban City and Palo town — two of three places that the beloved head of the Catholic ...

Few moments in Pope Francis’ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, ...

TRANSFORMATION. AFTER THE CLERGY TOOK TO THE STREETS IN BALTIMORE THE DAY OF THE UPRISING, ONE OF THE MARCHING PREACHERS, DANTE HICKMAN, SENIOR OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, RECEIVED A PHONE ...

The new law will provide the institute state-of-the-art equipment, highly trained staff, and additional seismic stations to increase its capacity to detect and locate earthquakes and tsunami ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.

MANILA, Philippines — Catholics from all over the world flock to pope’s official apostolic trips, with the belief that having a pontiff intercede for someone’s requests to God—whether it ...