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An unspecified number of students and teachers have been kidnapped from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, adding to a growing number of attacks...

VATICAN CITY -- Thanks to a handful of countries, including the Vatican, some 1,600 Ukrainian children forcibly taken to Russia have been reunited with...

METUCHEN, N.J.  -- With a Metuchen diocesan commission established, now-Archbishop James F. Checchio initiated a formal study into the possible canonization of a 20-year-old...

Christmas markets -- long considered the lively heart of Advent in Germany -- are facing new uncertainty this year as towns grapple with tighter...

A Mexican priest was drugged and robbed before being murdered, according to court testimony. Authorities arrested two suspects in the case, a man and a...

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s Nov. 19, 2025 general audience given in St. Peter’s Square. Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and...

As night falls across continents on Nov. 19, more than 600 churches and landmarks will light up in red, reminding the world that Christian...

ST. PAUL, Minnesota  -- Many elderly and vulnerable Venezuelans living near the Jesucristo Resucitado mission parish in Ciudad Guayana couldn't flee with their loved...

DUBLIN  -- The Catholics of Dublin have a dedicated cathedral for the first time in 500 years following Pope Leo XIV's decision on Nov....

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The Catholic bishops of New York state are calling on the state's faithful to stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees. In...