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OSNABRUECK, Germany -- The vice president of the German bishops' conference, Bishop Franz-Josef Bode, has become the first Catholic bishop in Germany to resign...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Officials of the Nashville Diocese called news of a morning mass shooting and loss of life at a private Christian school...

In recent years, the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has enjoyed international success while frequently offering traditional Christian songs to a mass audience. Blind since...

The theme of World Down Syndrome Day 2023 -- observed officially by the United Nations since 2012 on March 21 -- emphasized a perspective...

It was his first speaking engagement at the United Nations' headquarters in New York, and Gabriel Cobb, who has Down syndrome, was admittedly "a...

FORT WORTH, Texas -- After being out of ministry for nearly four years, a Jesuit priest devoted to teaching and high school administration was...

JERUSALEM — The priest-director of the Cultural Heritage Office for the Custodia Terrae Sanctae, or Custody of the Holy Land, in Jerusalem opened a...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — The Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy March 13, days after its bishop finally concluded the decision was necessary...

BOSTON-- Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley of Boston said March 7 he is grateful for Pope Francis' "faith and confidence in my assistance" as a...

COLUMBIA, Mo.-- "Are you OK denying God? One of his disciples did and that will be forever part of his testimony. Is that what...