A mob of Hindu nationalists demolished the homes of four Christian families in a village in India s Maharashtra state after they refused to abandon their faith, amid a broader surge in violence
A young Catholic priest has been beatified as a martyr in Poland, nearly eight decades after he was guillotined by wartime Nazi occupiers for clandestine charity work.
Israeli security forces arrested more than 50 members of a Hamas terror cell in recent weeks who they say were involved in planning attacks on Israelis.
The vast majority of people came from 10 countries "where human rights abuses and persecution are common".
After almost four months away from the public eye, Nicaraguan Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes celebrated Sunday’s Mass in his diocese’s cathedral Church. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19.
Judicial authorities in Peru are currently deliberating whether to close an investigation into a scandal-plagued lay community over a procedural technicality, which has drawn criticism from victims who claim their voices are not being heard.
Israel on Monday started vaccinating children of health workers who are aged 5 to 11-years-old against COVID-19.
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — Ahead of Christmas, a towering wooden screen — once blackened with soot from millions of worshippers' candles — is being restored to its gilded glory in the Church of the Nativity, built at the site where many believe Jesus was born.
The rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Argentina, Father Jorge Jacek Twarog, reported Sunday that the relic of Saint John Paul II, which was kept in Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos Aires, was stolen.
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The Catholic bishops of England and Wales announced a delay in their plans to restore the obligation to go to Mass on Sundays because of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
