In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor countries and commit to protecting ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church ...

In the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the jubilee cross that led the faithful into the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was from its dedication in 2002.

Carter, who served from 1977-1981 as the 39th U.S. president, was a devout Baptist, and faith played a large role in his life ...

Most of them were killed during the commission of a robbery, but several obviously were targeted for the church work they did ...

Michael Guidice and Andrew Ewell founded Catholic Land Movement, an initiative that traces its lineage to the Catholic Land ...

The Vatican’s missionary agency documented that five pastoral workers were killed in Africa, five in America, and two priests ...

The life of the church in 2024 was defined as much by what did not happen, as by what did. The most important thing that did ...

NCR's 10 most-read news stories of 2024 include priests excommunicated for questioning the authority of Pope Francis, a ...

Bishops worldwide celebrated the opening of the 2025 Holy Year on Dec. 29 with Masses in their cathedrals and co-cathedrals, ...

In a rare conversation with Norah O'Donnell, Pope Francis talked about Catholics in Gaza and the legacy he hopes to leave in ...

In a rare interview, Pope Francis answers questions on global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, migrants in the U.S., sexual abuse in the church, and more during a conversation with.