The Archdiocese of Burgos, in northern Spain, announced September 16 that it filed a legal request for the eviction of ten Poor Clare nuns, who declared themselves in rebellion against the Vatican ...

Pope Francis, during the closing Mass for Asian Youth Day, Seoul, South Korea, 17 August 2014. (Photo by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Korean Culture and Information Service Korea.net ...

Typhoon Bebinca made landfall early September 16 in the Pudong business district of Shanghai, with winds reaching 151 kph near its center. The storm inflicted “significant damage across the city ...

This sports betting establishment in Hawassa reopened at the end of July after being closed for two months by the authorities. (Photo by Augustine Passilly for La Croix) Despite the weekend rush ...

Interview: In East Jerusalem's Palestinian Muslim quarter, Abraham House, run by Caritas France, promotes fraternity among all religious denominations. It celebrated 60 years on September 14.

In the stifling morning heat, Etab Al Hamad remains glued to the control screen that gives her “eyes underwater" vision. Using an underwater drone, she scans for explosive remnants hidden among ...

There will be 368 electors, including 272 bishops, participating in the second session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality set to begin in Rome at the end of September, Cardinal Mario Grech ...

Further reading: Muslims help Catholics rebuild church in Mosul that Islamic State destroyed The initial view is tragic. Aerial shots reveal the scale of the destruction, with damaged roofs and ...

A crowd of supporters of Pope Francis hold US national flags, flags of the Vatican City and rosary beads before an arrival ceremony for Pope Francis on the South Lawn of the White House, in ...

After returning from the longest papal trip of his pontificate, Pope Francis said the vibrant Catholic communities in southeast Asia and Oceania were proof that the church it is not centered in ...

This is a story with an ending that Victor Hugo would likely have enjoyed. In April 2022, the preventive excavation campaign led by the French National Institute of Preventive Archaeological ...

In 1935, Pope Pius XI appointed him Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon. On November 30, 1937, he was elected Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia, becoming the leader of the Armenian Catholic Church ...