By PETER SMITH As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before ...

Immigrants have worshipped at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church since it opened its doors more than 100 years ago in San Diego, ...

A seemingly esoteric dispute over the proper way to take Communion signals the rising power of more traditional voices within ...

As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers ...

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

Pope Leo XIV has told the Vatican doctrine office to uphold truth, justice and charity when deciding clergy sex abuse cases.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure Monday, the Vatican said, a fresh setback in the worst health crisis of his papacy. The failures were prompted by ...

People of faith and goodwill need to take time to acknowledge the needs and suffering of those around them and be moved by ...

Pope Francis is being hospitalized for bronchitis treatment and diagnostic tests, the Vatican announced Friday, marking another health setback for the 88-year-old pontiff. Francis was diagnosed with ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday by urging Christians around the world to help people in need and treat foreigners with kindness. Leo, who has repeatedly stressed the ...

In Peru every August, throngs of Catholics set out on foot from the remote northern town of Motupe, bound for a cliffside chapel that houses the Cross of Chalpon. The cross, made of guayacán wood and ...