Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, ...

His election reflected a broader geographical shift in the church. Although the Vatican has been Catholicism’s spiritual and ...

Born in 1991, an Italian boy will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation on April 27.

The number represents the seven final places Jesus visited from His arrest to His crucifixion, allowing the faithful to ...

Dozens of penitents whip their backs to atone for their sins during Good Friday rites in the streets of the southern ...

The recently restored Ponte Sant'Angelo in Rome features ten angels holding symbols of Christ's Passion, creating a profound ...

The Catholic Church will proclaim its first millennial saint on April 27, elevating Carlo Acutis, a teenage web developer who died from leukaemia in 2006, to the same status as Saint Francis and ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

Catholic artists have welcomed an announcement from Pope Francis which is paving the way for the canonisation of the architect Antoni Gaudi. Earlier this week the Vatican confirmed that Gaudi had ...

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

We behold Roman soldiers, standing or seated, taking in the awful spectacle, one awaiting with the lance that would soon open up the floodgates of Jesus’ heart. We glimpse the crowd of passersby ...