A delegation of Indigenous people from Canada will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican before the end of the year, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said. The delegation will include representatives of First Nations, ...
Ahead of a transatlantic summit, the heads of the European Union bishops' commission and the U.S. bishops' conference called on government leaders to work together for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world. When political leaders ...
Pope Francis led hundreds of pilgrims and visitors in St. Peter's Square in a moment of silent prayer for the Indigenous children who died in Canadian residential schools and for their grieving families. After praying the ...
The protesters killed in Tiananmen Square in mainland China on June 4, 1989, used to be remembered in Hong Kong with an annual candlelight vigil in the city’s expansive Victoria Park, attended by crowds as ...
As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in Italy, the country's bishops are hoping a new tourism initiative will attract would-be pilgrims. One way the June 1-Sept. 17 initiative, "Ora viene il bello" ("Now comes the beautiful"), ...
Archbishop J. Michael Miller of Vancouver said he was "filled with deep sadness" after learning of the discovery of the bodies of more than 200 children buried on the site of what was once Canada's ...
Pope Francis has ordered an apostolic visitation "to obtain a comprehensive picture of the complex pastoral situation" in the Archdiocese of Cologne and to investigate how accusations of clerical sexual abuse were handled, the Vatican ...
Graciela Torres has two developmentally challenged children. Getting them an education on the outskirts of Moquegua, a small city in southern Peru, was never easy. Arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic made it much harder. In addition ...
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, pleaded for an end to violence after a deadly mortar attack in his country claimed the lives of four people sheltering in a church. In a statement posted on his ...
Burglars have stolen a set of golden rosary beads that once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots. The beads are said to have been carried by Mary, the Catholic first cousin once removed of the Protestant ...
