The bishop of Helsinki in Finland, Raimo Goyarrola, the only Catholic bishop in the Nordic country that shares a 1,000-mile ...

Everybody knows Santa Claus. But how many people know the inspiration for the jolly Father Christmas was in fact a bishop ...

The pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) announced the sudden death of Bishop Simon Kulli of Sapë in ...

The opinion by the head of a commission charged with considering the question in effect states that the Catholic Church ...

On December 6 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of Agios Nikolaos, also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker because of the many miracles he is known for such as ill-treatments, ...

On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, children around the world leave out stockings or shoes in hopes of waking up the next morning to a treat. The feast day of St. Nicholas, which is celebrated Dec. 6, ...

On Dec. 6, Bari, Italy, is filled with “illuminations,” a choreographed display of lights in the narrow streets of the city ...

In his first news conference, Pope Leo XIV called for peace in the Middle East and dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela ...

The pope is seeking to make communities feel less isolated and to encourage them to remain in their ancestral lands.

Archaeologists discovered the original burial site of St Nicholas in Turkey in 2022, but the 4th-century bishop's remains ...

Beneath the waves and whispers of history, archaeologists may have uncovered the original grave of the man who inspired the ...

Birinus is sometimes known as the “Apostle to the West Saxons”, and the patron saint of missionaries. Thanks to St Birinus, ...