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[ad_1] TOKYO — Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko received greetings from her relatives and palace officials to celebrate her 90th birthday Sunday as she steadily recovers...
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (AP) — Little brings more heavenly bliss to the faithful or otherworldly wonder to casual visitors than ethereal hymns cascading amid the columns of...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday began his trip to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe in...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY (AP) — Fresh off a four-nation tour of Asia, where he saw record-setting crowds and vibrant church communities, Pope Francis travels to Belgium...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing...
[ad_1] VANIMO, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he traveled to the remote jungles of Papua...
[ad_1] JAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic...
[ad_1] SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records...
[ad_1] BERLIN — Another 400,000 people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, though the number was down from a record set in 2022...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena...
[ad_1] ROME — Pope Francis presided over the Vatican’s somber Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, delivering a 10-minute homily and baptizing eight people, a day...
[ad_1] ROME — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve....
[ad_1] FORT CALHOUN, Neb. — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of...
[ad_1] OMAHA, Neb. — A man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest who was attacked over the weekend in a church...
[ad_1] Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Italy following an agreement reached with the Vatican...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday opens a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church, with progressives hoping it will lead to...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including...
[ad_1] VATICAN CITY — A few years ago, Pope Francis told the head of the main Vatican-backed Catholic women’s organization to be “brave” in pushing for...
[ad_1] ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting...
[ad_1] ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — Pope Francis wrapped up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia on Monday by inaugurating a church-run homeless clinic and shelter, insisting that...