U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday his intent to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba, a proposal... Read more
Meet violence with “resolve and courage” rather than fear and discrimination, the president of the United States bishops' conference said... Read more
Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders offered prayers and comfort at an interreligious gathering in San Bernardino on Monday in the... Read more
Four alleged terrorist sympathizers who made internet threats against Pope Francis have been arrested. While Italian authorities described them as... Read more
An impassioned Pope Francis went off-the-cuff in a vast, widespread speech to Kenyan youth, touching on challenging topics such as... Read more
Pope Francis condemned the “senseless violence” of Friday’s terrorist attack on a hotel which has killed at least 22 people... Read more
Uniting with other major faith groups at an interreligious ‘March for Peace,’ Thai Catholics on Thursday offered prayers for the... Read more
St. Peter’s Basilica tops the list of potential targets for terrorist attacks in Rome and Milan, the U.S. Embassy in... Read more
In a Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, the archbishop of Paris said that despite the uncertainty and grief surrounding the... Read more
On Sunday Pope Francis again expressed shock and sorrow for Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, condemning the acts as an... Read more
The acts of terrorism which took place in Paris Friday night are the latest part in what Pope Francis has... Read more
After Friday evening's devastating terror attacks throughout Paris that are reported to have claimed over 100 lives, the Vatican voiced... Read more
Amid devastating attacks at locations throughout Paris, Church leaders are calling for prayer. Read more
After two bombings this week in the Thai capital of Bangkok left several dead, injured and fearful of other attacks,... Read more
Catholics in Louisiana are stunned by Thursday's deadly mass shooting at a Lafayette movie theater and are praying for those... Read more
One day after canonizing the first two Palestinian saints since the early days of Christianity, Pope Francis met with a... Read more
Kayla Mueller, the young human rights activist who was killed earlier this year while being held hostage by ISIS, was... Read more
A Nigerian bishop says that he has seen Christ in a vision and now knows that the rosary is the... Read more
In the wake of the recent massacre of 148 people – mainly Christians – at a university in the Kenyan... Read more
On behalf of Pope Francis, the Vatican’s Secretariat of State has sent a letter to the archbishop of Tunisia, assuring... Read more