For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract crucifix crafted by the 20th-century artist Lello Scorzelli. This symbol of ...

Vatican City – Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass in St.

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV (C), the American Robert Prevost, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after the Papal Conclave. Oliver Weiken/dpa Robert Francis Prevost has ...

NAGASAKI, Japan >> After the arrival of a new bell to replace the one damaged in the 1945 atomic bombing during World War II, the two bells at Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki rang out Aug. 9 to mark 80 ...

A new Catholic Church in Malaysia’s Christian-majority Sarawak state has been hailed as a testament to religious pluralism and harmony by social and religious leaders. St. Peter’s Church, under the ...

Charles and Camilla have arrived in Italy for a state visit which will see the King pray alongside the head of the Catholic church.

Ahead of Deepavali tomorrow, several Cabinet ministers have begun sending out their Deepavali greetings to Hindus across the ...

Thousands filled a soccer stadium where Odinga's casket was covered in the national flag for an Anglican Church service in ...