A University of Cambridge historian has uncovered details of a medieval pitchfork-wielding hermit who is venerated by ...

Though the date of Christmas was officially fixed by Pope Julius I in 350, the earliest recorded celebration dates from 336, ...

Invited to join the Jesuits in Spain for a big meeting on synodality, I found I could get from Belfast (where I had given a ...

Until recently the US liked this arrangement, but under President Donald Trump it is giving notice that it is coming to an end. Europe has to learn to stand ...

At an audience in Rome with members of the European Conservative and Reformist (ECR) group of the European Parliament, the ...

An ecumenical Advent service to celebrate Christian witness and honour victims of religious persecution was held at Westminster Abbey on 10 December, attended ...

The Archdiocese of Bangalore opened the Pope Francis Migrant Centre to support the displaced in Bengaluru, capital of India’s ...

It was Carla’s sister who urged her to face up to her unhappiness. Carla had been married for 14 years and she and her ...

Pope Leo received President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Castel Gandolfo on Tuesday for talks “focused on the war in Ukraine”.

Responding to the seven-page synthesis document, Redemptorist Fr Tony Flannery said the outcome had “the same feel” as ...

Catholic schools in the UK need to continue to embody the Second Vatican Council’s “clarion call” to respond to the “joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties” of ...

A survey carried out by the Pew Research Centre found that levels of religiousness have been relatively stable in the United ...