St. Callistus Roman Catholic Church

Antonio Tyson was convicted of killing Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats in a double homicide in Covington, Louisiana.

Belarusian authorities have forced out a wave of long-serving Polish priests by refusing to renew their residency permits, intensifying state pressure on the country's Catholic Church.

Pilgrims from more than 50 countries gathered in the birthplace of the divine mercy devotion as Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to make mercy the foundation of peace.

After an exuberant welcome in the Catalan capital, the pope prayed midday prayer in Barcelona’s cathedral and urged the faithful to be “witnesses and prophets of unity.”

Monsignor Peter Vaccari, president of Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), a papal agency that delivers humanitarian aid, described situation in Jerusalem.

The Holy Father explained that, in antiquity and the Middle Ages, Catholic individuals and some ecclesiastical institutions participated in slavery as he apologized for the Catholic Church’s role.

Catholic Frenchman Jules Rimet served as the president of FIFA for 33 years.

The faithful of the Archdiocese of Madrid, together with the dioceses of Alcalá de Henares and Getafe, welcomed Leo with a euphoria comparable to that of a decisive goal in a World Cup final.

The move places increased pressure on the dictatorship, which for years has carried out systematic persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.

Venerable Father Patrick Peyton, who encouraged millions of families to pray the rosary, was entombed at a recently reopened pilgrimage site outside of Boston.