Pope Francis appointed Wednesday morning a new leader of the Catholic Church in metro Detroit, naming Bishop Edward J.

After declaring a national emergency at the nation's southern border and sending troops to tighten security there, President ...

DOVER, Ohio — Eulogio Hernández Box lit a candle at the altar in his living room and knelt to pray. In the predawn darkness, ...

Church leaders across Europe marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp with calls to remember German Nazi-inflicted sufferings and to cou ...

Auschwitz-Birkenau was visited in 1979 by St. John Paul II, who came from nearby Wadowice, as well as by German Pope Benedict XVI in May 2006 and Francis in July 2016, while 15 Catholic priests ...

A peaceful day in May turned into a bloodbath. On that seemingly ordinary evening, tragedy struck—a medical doctor was ...

Mumbai: Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church ... beginning with his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI in October 2006. He played a significant role on the global stage, including ...

On the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, Bishop Mark Seitz has called on Catholics to ...

The pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis after being sick for over a week, the Vatican said.