LANSING — The state’s Capitol welcomed Friday a newly refurbished, donated and Michigan-made piano acquired from a Greater Lansing church to serve as a centerpiece within its historic walls.

For this Jubilee Year, the church has been given a beautiful, multilingual hymn entitled “Pilgrims ... the news people need to know about the Catholic Church, especially in the Philadelphia ...

Kinshasa — "The greatest danger for the population of Goma is the so-called 'Wazalendo' militiamen," local church observers told Fides about the situation in the capital of the Congolese ...

On August 2, the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) chose the song "Demos el primer paso" as an official hymn for the visit ... by the organization United Catholic Musicians of Colombia ...

Some 67 percent of respondents said there was a water crisis in the country ... according to an U.C.A. poll at the time. The Catholic Church was at the forefront of the opposition to mining.

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics are eligible for special indulgences this year. Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time ...