Authoritarian regimes are among the main drivers of religious discrimination and persecution in 52 countries, according to an ...

Religious freedom across Asia has deteriorated sharply amid intensifying authoritarian control, ethno-religious nationalism, ...

Pope Leo XIV proclaimed seven new saints Oct. 19 before an estimated 70,000 people in St. Peter’s Square, including the first ...

José Gregorio Hernández, revered by millions for his dedication to poor people, and Mother Carmen Rendiles Martínez, founder ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke about the central importance of faith in today’s world as he declared that the Catholic Church has seven ...

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV presides over a canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square that gives Venezuela and Papua New ...

Pope Leo XIV has canonized José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuela's 'doctor of the poor,' the nation's first saint. Papua New ...

Church bells rang out and fireworks burst in the sky Sunday as Venezuela -- mired in crisis -- welcomed the canonization of two of its people as saints.

Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero, 66, spiritual director of the La Purísima Archdiocesan Major Seminary, died on Sunday, ...

Catholics and all people committed to protecting the planet must keep climate action from slipping into trends or tribalism, Pope Leo XIV said as he opened a global church summit on climate change ...