Catholic and Protestant churches in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are pushing for mediation as conflict escalates in the country’s east. Their efforts to engage all parties, including ...

The priest at a Greek Catholic church in Brickell said he is deeply concerned after a homeless man repeatedly threatened to harm him and even came to the church with a sword. Rev. Ezzat Bathouche ...

The war in Ukraine and international efforts to initiate a peace process have put global diplomacy in the spotlight. My impression is that neither the media nor its audience fully comprehends the ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since last Thursday in what rights groups describe as some of the worst atrocities ...

Britain-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said "532 Alawite civilians were killed in the coastal regions of Syria and the Latakia mountains by security forces and allied ...

While the Islamists of HTS of Syria’s interim president Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa also known by the nom de guerre Abu Mohammad al-Julanin are slaughtering religious minorities, Alawites and Christians ...

Syria is experiencing its deadliest period since the ousting of longtime President Bashar al-Assad three months ago, as clashes have erupted between government forces and pro-al Assad fighters ...

Ireland's patron St. Patrick is a saint in name only and has never received the official title. While millions around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day every March 17, the sad fact is that ...

The Roman Empire gave its place to the Roman Catholic Church. Photo of the facade of the Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Italy. Credit: Alvesgaspar Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 When the Roman Empire ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent, a 40-day period of penance and prayer that ends at Easter. For observant Christians, it's a day of repentance and a time to confess sins and ...

On Feb. 24, the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church released a remarkable public statement. Issued under the authority of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, who was targeted ...

Robert Herguth / Sun-Times Share A Catholic bishop in Chicago’s suburbs is embarking on his annual fundraising campaign in local churches days after announcing he’s shuttering or merging a ...