A Catholic bishop said he would ​push the Vatican for permission to ordain married men as priests by 2028, in an unusual ...

Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Credit: ...

Japan is facing a crisis: fewer priests, aging communities, and temples shutting down by the thousands. Into this vacuum steps Pepper, a humanoid robot programmed to chant sutras, read facial ...

A Christmas music concert featuring M&J Big Band took place on Dec. 14 at Ss. Peter and Paul Byzantine Catholic Church in Beaver Meadows. It was a wonderful time with wonderful people who helped those ...

What sacred rites were performed daily in the heart of a Roman city? Enter the private world of Pompeii's Temple of Isis. Witness the rituals of Egyptian priests using incense, sacred milk, and the ...

Archaeologists in Turkey recently unearthed a 1,500-year-old Christian floor mosaic in Urfa, a city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Abraham. The discovery was reported by Anadolu Agency ...

Amid a culture that cannot comprehend mortality, the Catholic Church embodies “memento mori,” Latin for “remember your death.” “One of Mother Teresa’s closest collaborators once explained their work ...

EASTHAMPTON — It’s a fallacy to say that young people are only into new things. Despite push back from the Vatican against traditional Catholics in recent years, young people in particular are leading ...

ROME - Inside the frescoed nave of a church near the Colosseum, women in black veils and clean-cut young men listened in reverent silence to a largely forbidden rite: a Roman Catholic Mass in Latin. A ...

A Catholic priest from the Eastern Rite Syro-Malabar Church has announced his decision to resign from parish ministries, refusing to celebrate a liturgy, which requires him to face the altar in part.

Carlo Acutis was canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7, 2025, making him the first millennial era Catholic saint. Known as God’s Influencer, British-born Acutis died at age 15 in Italy in 2006. He used ...