On March 15, the Vatican made public a letter approved by the hospitalized pope. It reminds bishops around the world that the ...

The Vatican’s clinical communication about the pope’s health paradoxically reveals little about Francis’ daily life. Every ...

Senegalese Christians and Muslims unite during Lent and Ramadan to strengthen social cohesion amid growing Catholic concerns ...

Christian prayer paradoxically allows us to possess what we ask for, philosopher Martin Steffens reflects in his column.

Nearly 30% of Japan’s 124 million people are over 65, rising to 40% by 2050. With low birth rates, shrinking pensions, and ...

In his column this month, Muslim historian and publisher Daoud Riffi explores Ramadan, focusing on the lesser-known aspect of ...

The Vatican published an image of Francis March 16, taken at an angle as he concelebrated Mass in the chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital.

After holding a place of honor in the symbolic pantheon of Greco-Roman and early Christian iconography during the first ...

The recent mass killings targeting Syria’s Alawite minority in the west of the country raise doubts about the new leader, ...

Missionaries provide literacy programs, microcredit initiatives, and agricultural training to fight poverty and uplift rural ...

In southern Benin, the Diocese of Abomey is the only one to appoint women as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. La ...

In recent weeks, worrying health bulletins about the pope may have led to the belief that his death was imminent, sparking ...