Georgy, a 44-year-old father of three from the Moscow suburb of Lyubertsy, was mobilized and sent to fight in Ukraine despite ...

COMMENTARY: From smuggled aid to candlelit prayers, Ukraine’s faithful are holding the line against both bombs and despair.

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI in February 2013 sent shockwaves through the global community, breaking an eight-century ...

The Argentinian pontiff was a powerful progressive voice in world politics, the first Jesuit priest to be spiritual leader of ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic ...

U.S. officials will meet in London this week with European and Ukrainian negotiators to discuss the latest American proposals ...

President Vladimir Putin of Russia hailed the pope as a “consistent defender of the high values of humanism and justice” and ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to create an "impression of a ceasefire," saying Russian ...

Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on ...

A 30-hour truce in fighting between Russia and Ukraine does not appear to be fully holding, with both sides accusing the ...

On Good Friday, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Catholics observe a special rite called the Adoration of the Cross, ...