KOCHI: It is the smell of burning candles ... stone steps of the hillock leading to the historic Kadamattom St George Orthodox Church along NH 85 near Kolenchery. At the summit, what strikes ...

St Francis Assisi Catholic Church in southern India’s Bangalore city was desecrated on January 20, with the Blessed Sacrament scattered all over the ground. The local archbishop has called for a day ...

Season 7 star Ashley Adionser announced in a Tuesday statement to People, which was obtained by USA TODAY Wednesday, that she and her husband Tyler Francis "have been separated for several weeks ...

The site of the alleged apparitions is St. Ambrose Church and Lower Primary School in Edavanakkad, in the far southwestern state of Kerala, 16 miles northwest of Kochi. The parish and adjacent school ...

Pope Francis said the people who have been trapped in a parish in Gaza had a decent meal for the first time in a long time, after a ceasefire was established between Israel and Hamas. Speaking ...

Earlier in the day Pope Francis appointed then-Bishop Vásquez ... After his ordination, Bishop Vasquez served from 1985-87 as associate pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Odessa, Texas, and from 1987-97 ...

He also has criticized the pope’s removal of a conservative bishop in Texas who had openly criticized Francis. This month, the Vatican named Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the church’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio ...

This is not the way to solve things," Francis said during an interview with ... drew a notable response from the head of the Catholic Church. After celebrating Mass near the border, the Pope ...

Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. In the text ...

The Church media commission claimed that some priests, who did not even sustain minor injuries, were showcased in the Basilica courtyard without medical examination, trying to inflame the emotions ...

During a trip to Malta, Pope Francis uses a lift to disembark the papal plane. A special lift is also installed at Malta’s Basilica of St. Paul in ... the Catholic Church around the world.