Public worship is suspended — funerals excepted, though there is a cap of thirty persons in attendance — and houses of worship are to remain closed unless they are being used for funerals, or the ...

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. – Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated ...

Pope Francis may try to influence the electorate in the conclave, but no one can predict who will succeed him It is a paradox of papal history that each pope can create as many cardinals as he likes, ...

Readers of hte Catholic Herald send in their letters about the issues of the day, such as hte US Presidential Election. A morally tough choice in US election (Biden v. Trump) does not absolve ...

Police in Gabon, Central Africa, attacked and arrested clergy in their efforts to shut down the Catholic Church’s plans to reopen churches. On October 4, the Episcopal Conference of Gabon announced ...

— Baghdad — Pope Francis arrived at the Presidential Palace in Iraq on Friday, in the heavily fortified Green Zone of the capital. An honour guard, about a hundred strong lined up, along with the ...

ROME – Amid international tensions surrounding the war in Gaza following the deadly bombing of a hospital, Pope Francis has called for another day of prayer and fasting for peace, saying war “cancels ...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 12, 2021 / 10:53 am The U.S. Catholic bishops’ pro-life chairman is expressing disappointment with President Biden as his administration reverses a Trump-era rule that ...

Conjoined twins have been successfully separated after three successive surgeries at a Vatican paediatric hospital, which described the procedure as a first-of-its-kind ...

The first of May was chosen for the dedication because it is the first day of the month traditionally dedicated to Mary, the bishops wrote in a statement April 20. They noted that May 1 is also the ...

“With the concerted efforts from both sides, the interim agreement on the appointment of bishops between China and the Vatican has been implemented successfully since it was signed around two years ...

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. When in Bologna, ask for ragù, but absolutely do not ask for it with spaghetti. Despite a certain dish being Italy’s best-known export since the Roman Empire and ...