More than a dozen Catholic missionaries were killed worldwide in 2024, with most deaths occurring in Africa and Latin America ...

Repression, family dictatorship and growing Chinese influence marked Nicaragua in 2024. We present an overview of the 10 ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Offering his condolences, Pope Francis praised former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s Christian faith and ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

The 2024 National Eucharistic Congress was a capstone event during the third year of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ initiative to renew faith in the Eucharistic Lord. The five-day congress ...

By the time December rolls around each year, it feels like the past 12 months have seen it all. In particular for 2024, they ...

Decrees issued by Bishop Michael W. Fisher to close or merge Catholic parishes in Western New York make it clear that the sale of parish properties could help fund a settlement in bankruptcy court of ...

Looking back over the last 12 months on the Vatican beat, it’s tempting to call 2024 “tumultuous” — tempting, that is, but ...

Catholic missionaries were killed, including Juan Antonio López, who was targeted for his human rights activism ...

The Jews are not committing genocide against Muslims in Gaza, whose population grew almost 3% last year. Muslims, however, are committing mass murder via jihad against Christians in Africa. Yet the Po ...

Trump administration tops the list, but RNS reporters also plan to cover the Jubilee at the Vatican, ongoing hurricane ...

In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor countries and commit to protecting ...