Here are the stories of five people or groups whose environmental actions are driven by their faith. They're connected by a ...

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

It was late summer when I went to the offices of the Catholic Herald for a job interview. I walked through the front office ...

Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s anticipated visit to Angola, attention is turning to the Catholic Church in the southern African ...

A group of Buddhist monks is getting viral attention with their 2,300-mile Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas, to ...

Pope Leo XIV warns global order is eroding, urges respect for Venezuela, condemns war, abortion, surrogacy, and shrinking ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Thursday he intended to bring the world’s Catholic cardinals together annually, indicating a new governing style for the church that involves consulting its top ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the Catholic Church's Holy Year on Tuesday by urging Christians around the world to help people in need and treat foreigners with kindness. Leo, who has repeatedly stressed the ...

Leo XIV closed the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica, and referred to the multitudes of pilgrims who passed through it as today's new Magi. Of the 33 million who arrived in Rome, 7.69 per cent ...

A Logan Heights parish is opening a new immigrant resource center to address what it views as the community’s “urgent and changing needs” in response to the Trump administration’s continued mass ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and ...

Michael Pham fled communist Vietnam by boat as a child. Now, as bishop of San Diego, he is putting faith into action ...