A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob, testified against human trafficking, opened hospitals ...

A note on the home page of the Sacred Heart church, Ruislip, reads: It is with great sadness that we announce the death of ...

A night on the Sea of Galilee, after painting by Charles Jalabert, engraved by Emily Sartain, Philadelphia, 1920 © Alamy.

When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum ...

Fifty years ago, a young Irish missionary in the Philippines founded an organization that defended the rights of abused and ...

Words of Pope Francis on opened the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching the ...

Last Friday we began Planting Justice, our annual olive tree planting campaign with a planting day in as-Sawiya, south of ...

John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said, 'Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of ...

Reflection on the Russian Icon Today we celebrate Saints Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus. Both served as bishops in ...

"No more striking civilians! No more striking schools or hospitals! No more striking workplaces!"Pope Francis today issued a strong plea for an end to attacks on civilians during the Angelus on the ...

Vocations at one of Burkina Faso's main seminaries increased by more than 10 percent in the past five years - in spite of ...

After his traditional New Years' Day Angelus prayer yesterday, Pope Francis issued a powerful call to political leaders, ...