The new statue's location in Assisi and its most notable saint, St. Francis, also factored into its design. The depiction of ...

The bronze statue, titled "St. Carlo at the Cross," depicts the young teen, who will be canonized Sept. 7 by Pope Leo XIV, ...

Can Pope Leo visit Gaza? Calls for him to do so have mounted in recent weeks, most notably with an Aug. 12 Instagram post from Madonna. But it’s not that easy.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

Tasmania has a new archbishop, among the first appointments made by Pope Leo — and his style is said to be quite different to ...

Pope Leo XIV has decided to declare St John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of the Catholic Church’s highest honours on the deeply influential 19th century Anglican convert who ...

US Customs and Border Protection officers opened fire during a targeted immigration enforcement operation in San Bernadino, ...

N.C. Wyeth’s colossal 1932 mural, “Apotheosis of the Family,” re-emerges in a gleaming new round barn after years in storage.

Participants in a Pilgrimage of Peace to Japan to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima ...

90 boys and girls walked 27 km from Balangoda to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Assumption, Thanjanthenna. Fr Hariharan ...

Before the service, a new bell donated by U.S. Catholics rang out for the first time in one of the two bell towers of Urakami ...

BEFORE the headline topic, a related update — most especially for senators not under presidential sway — on plans by the ...