From the end of the 20th century until his death, Allen was essential reading for anyone who cared about the inner workings ...

John Allen Jr., the prolific author and longtime Vatican reporter hailed for his insightful coverage of the Holy See across ...

Quietly and generously, John was also a mentor. He never wanted replicas of himself. He wanted better journalists -- and ...

Covering the Vatican, he had a front-row seat to the waning years of Pope John Paul II's pontificate and the election of Pope ...

Surveys by the Pew Research Center find the Catholic population in Latin American countries has shrunk over the last decade.

With a final ritual that dates back centuries, the Vatican on Friday (January 16) sealed the Holy Door of St. Peter's ...

When twins Peter and Paul Reynolds got the call from Loyola Press asking for their help writing a storybook with the late ...

Garcia's efforts were integral in the passage of legislation in 1988 that made it illegal to discriminate against gays in ...

Founded in 1506, the Pontifical Swiss Guard is the world’s longest continually operating army, and, with a maximum of 135 ...

The Pope Francis Center, an offshoot of Our Lady Guadalupe Parish in Logan Heights, offers legal, psychological, and ...

Pope Leo’s trip to Spain is to end with a visit to the Canary Islands, sources confirmed. The archipelago, which is geographically in Africa, is the destination each year of thousands of Sub-Saharan ...