VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV decided Thursday to declare St. John Henry Newman a “doctor” of the church, bestowing one of ...

Anton’s day would not finish after we spoke. He said he would try to find himself some bread later in the night. He and some ...

The donation marks a rare gift from a mainstream U.S. Jewish group toward Gaza Palestinians while Israel is at war in the ...

Bishop Zaidan, who leads the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, has remained outspoken in his calls for “lasting peace” ...

The communications skills of the carefully-scripted pope will be tested this weekend when half a million young people from ...

"Only through patient and inclusive dialogue" can "a just and lasting conflict resolution can be achieved" in the ...

The American Jewish Committee said Thursday (July 31) that it will donate $25,000 toward the “rehabilitation” of the Holy ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, greets parishioners in the Holy Family Parish in Gaza ...

Pope Leo XIV called for peace negotiations and respect for humanitarian law in Gaza, 10 days after an Israeli strike killed ...

Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million ...

Gaza's civil defence agency said 14 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in four separate incidents on Wednesday, three ...

As violence and starvation deepen in Gaza, the pastor of the area's only Catholic Church told a pontifical charity, "We ...