Canada's Catholic bishops said it is "not too late to reconsider" and stop the expansion of legally assisted suicide in Canada.
They called on all Catholics and Canadians opposed to expanding the country's medical assistance in ...
Polish Capuchin Franciscan missionaries have opened the first music school in the Central African Republic in hopes of preventing children from being drafted into paramilitary groups.
About 100 students study each afternoon with professional musicians from ...
People begin standing in line early in Cusco, in Peru's mountains, but instead of tourists waiting to board a train to the country's fabled Machu Picchu ruins, the lines today are local residents picking up ...
Toddlers could hardly contain their excitement as they danced in the church aisles to the Holy Missionary Choir's Christmas songs during a celebration that was a bright star of hope for Iraqi Syriac Catholic refugee ...
Argentina's Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to decriminalize abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, despite vocal opposition from the country's Catholic bishops.
Lawmakers approved the legislation in the early hours of Dec. 11, ...
The president of the Argentine bishops' conference called on lawmakers to "reflect" as they prepare to debate a bill that would legalize abortion in the South American country.
"We ask our legislators to take a second ...
Amid fears that many areas in Ethiopia's Tigray region remained unsafe, Catholic humanitarian agencies and their partners were moving food and other supplies to locations near the border of Tigray, where a month of fighting ...
With the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe closed for her feast to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Pope Francis said Catholics still can receive a plenary indulgence Dec. 11 and 12 for their Marian ...
Catholics in Spain are angry about a new education law that would downgrade religious teaching and restrict state funding for Catholic schools.
If the legislation is approved in the Senate by the end of December, it ...
Despite curfews, lockdowns and COVID-19 travel restrictions, rebuilding of a Bahamas church destroyed in 2019's Hurricane Dorian is about to begin -- with a little help from U.S. Catholics.
The category 5 Hurricane Dorian made a ...