CatholicPhilly presents a weekly roundup of international news from Vatican News, the official news portal of the Holy See. The following report on the week of March 15, 2026 links to stories on ...

In the decade since Pope Francis issued a wide-ranging document on pastoral care for the family, the Catholic Church in the U ...

For decades, Hispanic Catholics tended to vote staunchly Democratic, but Trump made significant inroads in 2024. He saw a ...

Though the cultural landscape has changed, the enduring presence of faith in Irish life offers a reminder that traditions ...

(First of Two Parts) "As proof that paradise is now restored for man, Jesus, who had gone through His passion, promised the ...

By Mark Saludes Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos made the call in a message to Columban missionaries gathered for their Joint Area Meeting in the Philippines on March 16, say ...

But when Father Paul Haverstock heard there were masked immigration agents in the parking lot of his church in January, he ...

The 11-day visit combines pastoral encounters with Catholic communities, meetings with political leaders and civil society, ...

At a time of economic crisis, exacerbated by the Gulf War, Archbishop D'Cruze turns down government allowances for clergy. Instead, he calls for money to be used in programmes aimed at the most vu ...

A tragic incident involving the rescue of an altar boy occurred March 13 during a Lenten retreat in the coastal town of General Villamil Playas, in Ecuador's Guayas province.

Tensions in two Durban Catholic parishes have reignited debate over syncretism after Archbishop Mandla Jwara and several KwaZulu-Natal bishops condemned certain traditional practices among clergy.

The Jewish community is attacked at a far higher rate than any other religious group in the United States. If we Catholics, in truly living out the gospel, are to defend religious freedom with ...