"If we keep this treasure only for ourselves, we transform it into a privilege" rather than a service to the whole church, Cardinal Hollerich, the synod relator general, told members Oct. 15 as they ...

Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor specializing in transgender healthcare, during a nearly 90-minute audience at his ...

Federal lawsuits seek $75 million each from two Missouri dioceses for covering up clergy sexual abuse in the 1980s and 1990s ...

At least two TV channels in a northern Afghan province stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts, journalists told AFP on Oct. 15, in line with orders from morality police.

The 1,344 lower house candidates who kicked off their campaigns on Oct. 15 for all 465 seats include a record 314 women, Japanese media including the Yomiuri and Asahi dailies said. The ratio of women ...

Farmers in Sindh are battling drought, coastal communities face rising sea levels, and urban poor suffer unbearable heat ...

The head of a Catholic school in Lebanon has said church-run schools in the conflict-torn country have welcomed displaced ...