The Virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call Him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God is with us’. In the final week of Advent the Church naturally focuses on the figure of ...

St Therese parish in Alhambra does not have a large parking lot; instead, Mass is celebrated in an outdoor space in between school and church buildings, recently covered with a large sunshade ...

The 2024 Faith and Freedom Index reveals fluctuating and often low levels of religious freedom across the United States, especially in the majority of the seven swing states being contested on 5 ...

The Holy Father has done it again: 21 new prelates of his liking to be made cardinals on 8 December. By this stage of the Francis papacy the list comes as no surprise. Obvious contenders have been ...

Pope Francis has repeated his controversial teaching that all religions are divinely inspired by God. In a message to an interreligious gathering in Paris for peace, Pope Francis wrote that the ...

The Vatican has established a study group that will evaluate the role and function of Apostolic Nuncios, the papal representatives of the Church operating around the world and usually serving as ...

ROME – Amid a spiraling Italian debate over immigration, two personalities increasingly are coming to symbolize the opposing positions. In one corner is Pope Francis, while in the other stands ...

While the fallout from the strange scenes of the Olympics' opening ceremony continues to play out – the BBC’s latest Moral Maze focused on the question of whether anything is sacred any longer ...

The UK’s political parties are out of step with the British public when it comes to their increasingly hostile treatment of candidates who hold religious beliefs, according to a recent poll. Set ...

The Pope’s address to the G7 summit in Italy on the subject of Artificial Intelligence was a necessary and thoughtful contribution to the implications of a technology that is transforming the ...

Navigating the old city of Jerusalem is usually a challenge. The narrow, labyrinthine streets are typically crowded with pilgrims and tourists mingling with local Jews, Arabs and Christians. Since ...

Relations between the Vatican and China have appeared to accelerate ever since, with Pope Francis offering a specific shout-out to the “noble Chinese people” during the closing Mass of his ...