Gay men can now become Catholic priests – but only if they don’t have sex, a new Vatican guideline suggests. In a surprise ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction to Pope Francis days before leaving the White ...

Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...

Pope Francis is receiving the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the country's highest civilian honor, the ...

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The cause for canonization of Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw took another step forward as the alleged miracle attributed ...

THE latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted from Dec. 12 to 18 last year showed that 90 percent of adult ...

Nicaragua has become one of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for Christians, according to the International ...

As wildfires continue to ravage Los Angeles neighborhoods, Pope Francis expressed his spiritual closeness to those affected ...

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