Luke Coppen

Pope Francis will embark next month on the longest trip of his pontificate — and maybe one of his more perilous

Pilgrim sites across Europe are surging past pre-COVID levels, reporting unprecedented numbers of visitors

Cardinal Parolin’s call with President Pezeshkian comes amid expectations Iran could soon launch an attack on Israel - how far back do Vatican relations go with the Islamic republic?

While canonizations have slowed down noticeably in recent years, beatifications continue at a steady pace.

A letter issued on the Solemnity of the Assumption highlighted 12 specific liturgical abuses.

One of the Catholic world's most unusual episcopal selection processes is underway in the Swiss Diocese of St. Gallen, involving cathedral canons and a lay parliament, as well as the pope, of course.

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The bishops condemned the party, but it has just claimed a ‘historic’ election victory.

India has more Catholics than Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore combined. So why isn’t it Francis going?

Vatican officials and leaders of the lay Central Committee of German Catholics (ZdK) held their first face-to-face talks this week since the launch of Germany's controversial synodal way.