Rights groups have criticized Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar for accusing the media of exaggerating reports of sexual abuse in Islamic boarding schools, saying his remarks ...

The government and Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea have joined their people to welcome the nation’s first saint Peter To ...

Vice-chancellor, others of Sam Higginbottom University in Uttar Pradesh, were charged in 2022 by a Hindu leader ...

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Tropical Storm Fengshen headed out to sea Oct. 19 after killing a family of five on the Philippines' main island Luzon, officials and state weather forecasters said.

Pope Leo XIV canonizes seven new saints from around the world at the Vatican on World Mission Sunday. His homily emphasized God's justice as forgiveness and a source of hope.

Robert Mickens has been reporting and commenting on the Vatican and the Catholic Church the past four decades through his celebrated weekly Letter from Rome.

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The US Army's cancellation of all chapel support contracts is an insurmountable restriction on the religious freedom of Catholic soldiers, says Archbishop Timothy Broglio, as the move ...

Vatican statistics show Catholic priests decline, but lay missionaries, deacons, and catechists grow, serving millions ...

Pope Leo XIV traveled 23 miles by car to board the "Bel Espoir" sailboat and speak to the crew about peacemaking. The boat, whose name means "beautiful hope," had spent the previous eight months ...