Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...

Jordi Faulí I Oller is currently the head architect of the basilica, the seventh to hold the position. Several architects who ...

Although the pontiff has begun meeting with more people, he remains frail and will not lead important Easter events, the ...

Pope Francis may be on the mend, but as Easter nears, Catholics are wondering how much of the celebrations the 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis has ordered the suppression of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a Peru-based lay movement active across Latin America and the United States, and three related lay movements following ...

Millions of Catholics are flocking to the Italian capital this year. But despite public works and investment, some residents ...

Antoni Gaudí, architect of the Sagrada Família, is one step closer to becoming a saint after the Vatican recognized him for ...

Today’s religious identities have more to do with political decisions made centuries ago than with personal faith.

Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering -- it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

The church, a pillar in the Yonkers community for 175 years, was set to merge with another parish due to high repair costs.