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 ...

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 ...

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

Indian Catholic nun Eliswa Vakayil, known as a champion of women's rights, has moved closer to sainthood after Pope Francis published a decree authorizing her and five others to be declared blessed.

Catholic priests in Israel and Gaza have expressed hope for the restoration of peace in the region amid reports of increased ...

Pope Francis may be on the mend, but as Easter nears, Catholic faithful are wondering how much of the celebrations the ...

"Holy Week is always hot here, but the current temperatures of 100 Fahrenheit are more penance than we need, even during Lent!” So the Rev. Joseph ...