VATICAN CITY - The sanctuary of Lourdes, one of the world's most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites, began on Monday to cover up a series of mosaics made by a prominent priest with ties to the Vatican ...

Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on the sixth day of his convalescence ...

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

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Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a "time of ...

According to the CBCPNews, the Sta. Cruz parish is now one of the 25 churches in the country to receive the Vatican designation. The church’s official title will be the “Minor Basilica of Our ...

The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae.

GENEVA: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) have jointly invited the LWF member churches and Roman Catholic Church worldwide to ...

Rome has been all gussied up for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year. An extra 10 million pilgrims are forecast, adding to last year's record of 22 million. More than $8 billion has been spent to ...

A shallow 7.7-magnitude earthquake was followed shortly by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock, causing widespread destruction in ...

Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, intends to give his Easter Sunday blessing, the ...

The Vatican Press Office reported that Pope Francis ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church.