TINOS, Greece — More than a thousand chapels dot the Greek island of Tinos. In a rare...
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CARACAS, Venezuela — A relic of Carlo Acutis, who was declared the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint...
JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A desert-like patch of sand and scrawny trees in the largest cemetery...
CHICAGO — At a Catholic school in Pope Leo XIV’s hometown, fifth graders read comic books about...
The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for an end to the “pandemic of arms,...
ROME — ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV praised the virtue of listening before speaking as he...
AFRIN, Syria — Young Kurdish men, including members of religious minorities, recently signed up to join the...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday that while terrorists in Pahalgam in April killed people after...
KILIFI, Kenya — Five bodies were exhumed from shallow graves in coastal Kenya, at a site near...
NAIROBI, Kenya — At a recent opening of the newest Rastafari place of worship just outside Kenya’s...
KIRUNA, Sweden — How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road?...
KINSHASA, Congo — Suspected Islamist rebels have killed at least 30 people in a series of attacks...
VATICAN CITY — When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent...
TOCHNI, Cyprus — On opposite sides of ethnically divided Cyprus, even the resting places of the dead...
SANTIAGO, Chile — It’s Friday night in Downtown Santiago, the capital of Chile, and a group of...
(RNS) — An eight-man heavy metal band from Mongolia known as The Hu has done what few...
ISLAMABAD — Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other...
A police officer scans the scene where an explosion occurred Monday night when a fireworks storage facility...
