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As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts — several U.S. Catholic bishops …

“God is so kind, so good,” he said of his faith experience, adding that he felt he had to “repay” God’s goodness.

In Bangladesh, grief and shock gripped the capital, Dhaka, after a military jet crashed into Milestone School and College on July 21, killing at least 31 and injuring more than …

A court affiliated with Myanmar’s exiled government has sentenced nine men to 20 years in prison for the killing of a Catholic priest in the country’s conflict-torn Sagaing region earlier …

The Vatican has ended its direct pontifical oversight of an Indian archdiocese after settling the long-standing liturgy dispute in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.

The Dalai Lama once remarked that he shared a bond with St. John Paul II because both understood totalitarian communism’s harmful effects on religion.

“Air India is giving its full cooperation to the authorities investigating this incident,” the airline said on its X account.

Cardinal Stephen Chow of Hong Kong says he is hopeful the new pontiff will continue along the same path of dialogue and engagement with China as his predecessor — a …

On May 3, three cardinals told the French Catholic daily La Croix they were struck by a speech from Cardinal David, who is president of the Philippine bishops’ conference. 

As an associate pastor, then-Father Ranjith was “a very energetic young priest” with a strong affinity for the poor, like Francis.