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 from a broken…
Read more Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko marks her 90th birthday as she recovers from a broken legBRUSSELS (AP) — Little brings more heavenly bliss to the faithful or otherworldly wonder to casual visitors than ethereal hymns cascading amid the columns of Catholic cathedrals. That…
Read more Tone deaf and color blind? Catholic Church struggles to keep accused abusers out of religious artVATICAN CITY — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday began his trip to once-strong bastions of Christianity in the heart of Europe in an effort to…
Read more Pope Francis heads for Luxembourg and Belgium on a trip to a dwindling flockVATICAN 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 this week as…
Read more Belgium’s appalling abuse legacy clouds pope’s trip as survivors pen letter seeking reparationsVATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday gave the green light for Catholics to continue flocking to a southern Bosnian village where children reported seeing visions of the…
Read more Vatican gives green light to devotion at Bosnia site in Medjugorje where Madonna reportedly appearedVANIMO, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis celebrated the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, bringing…
Read more Pope arrives in remote jungles of Papua New Guinea, brings in a ton of humanitarian aid and toysJAKARTA, Indonesia — Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of the longest trip of his pontificate, hoping to encourage its Catholic community and celebrate…
Read more Pope opens Asia odyssey with stop in Indonesia to rally CatholicsSEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle…
Read more Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic churchBERLIN — Another 400,000 people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year, though the number was down from a record set in 2022 as church leaders…
Read more Another 400,000 people left Germany’s Catholic Church last year, but the pace slowed from 2022VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Friday overhauled its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, weeping statues and other seemingly supernatural phenomena that have marked…
Read more Vatican moves to adapt to hoaxes, Internet and overhauls its process for evaluating visions of MaryROME — 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 after suddenly skipping…
Read more Pope presides over Easter Vigil, delivers 10-minute homilyROME — The Vatican document explicitly saying Catholic priests can bless same-sex unions lays out the conditions for what such blessings can, and cannot, involve. The overall goal…
Read more EXPLAINER: How can Catholic priests bless same-sex unions?FORT CALHOUN, Neb. — The fatal stabbing of a Catholic priest inside the church rectory where he lived has rocked the eastern Nebraska community of Fort Calhoun, a…
Read more As few details are released, fatal stabbing of Catholic priest rocks small Nebraska communityOMAHA, Neb. — A man has been arrested in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest who was attacked over the weekend in a church rectory in a…
Read more Iowa man arrested in the death of a Nebraska priestNicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Italy following an agreement reached with the Vatican ByThe Associated Press…
Read more Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome following agreement with the VaticanVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday opens a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church, with progressives hoping it will lead to more women in…
Read more Pope will open a big Vatican meeting as battle lines are drawn on his reform projectVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday is opening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues…
Read more Things to know about the Vatican’s big meeting on the future of the Catholic ChurchVATICAN 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 change for women…
Read more Women’s voices and votes loom large as pope is to open a Vatican meeting on church’s futureABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis defended the decision to keep the discussions of a big Vatican meeting on the future…
Read more Pope wants to keep big Vatican meeting on the church’s future behind closed doors, ideology-freeULAANBAATAR, 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 such initiatives aren’t…
Read more Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it’s about charity not conversion
