The underground cemeteries, nearly 2,000 years old, hold some of the earliest evidence of Christian faith, belief in the ...

An estimated 10,000 Korean Catholics were killed for their faith in bouts of persecution that lasted about 100 years ...

SEOUL: Catholic Church officials in South Korea have unveiled the remains of four martyrs who sacrificed their lives during ...

First, he reassures the pilgrims who are crossing the Holy Door in the patriarchal basilicas in 'this great heat.' Then he ...

The Holy Father also shared light refreshments with staff present Thursday morning to celebrate with them the 43rd ...

In Lent 1937 Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" (With burning sorrow) with the help of German bishops and Cardinal Pacelli (later Pope Pius XII).

Pope Pius XII inaugurated the site in 1957, more than two decades after Pope Pius XI pioneered Vatican Radio with Italian engineer and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi in 1931.

The villa served as the papal summer residence since the pontificate of Urban VIII during the 17th century. It has a small farm created by Pope Pius XI, which produces eggs, milk, oil, vegetables ...

The 62-year-old missionary in Bangladesh was elected this morning by the General Assembly underway in Rome. For the next six ...

Catholic parents wishing to protect their children from such education face ‘complete entrapment,’ say pro-family advocates, ...

In 1934, Pope Pius XI named him a “papal chamberlain.” During the War, he provided assistance to the diocesan curia of Lublin, particularly for charitable activities.