Catholic church

Suspect charged for stealing Egyptian artifacts from Australia museum, citing church ties - report

The stolen artifacts included a 26th Dynasty rare painted wooden Egyptian cat figure, a 3,300-year-old necklace, a collar, and a mummy mask.

An ancient Egyptian collar stolen from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, Australia, February 20, 2026.
Theodor Herzl: ‘It felt as if the great dream of our nation, of 2,000 years.'

Zionism, Catholicism, and the revival of an old hostility - opinion

(FROM L): RABBI Yakov Nagen; Rafi Nahra, patriarchal vicar for Israel, based in Nazareth; and Rabbi Sarel Rosenblatt at the Vatican.

Time for a Muslim Nostra Aetate: Reflections on 60 years of Catholic rapprochement toward Jews

Pope Leo XIV presides over the Ecumenical Vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, on January 25, 2026 in Rome, Italy.

Pope Leo asks God for 'a world with no more antisemitism' on Holocaust Remembrance Day


Decades of alleged sexual abuse by Maryland priests detailed in report

The report described that history as one of "repeated dismissal or cover up of that abuse by the Catholic Church hierarchy."

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Pope Francis has respiratory infection, needs hospital treatment

The Vatican said the 86-year-old pope had complained of breathing difficulties in recent days. It added that tests showed he did not have COVID-19.

 Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2023.

Italian government tells Milan to stop registering same-sex couples' children

Italy legalized same-sex civil unions in 2016, overriding opposition from Catholics and conservatives, yet it fell short of giving them adoption rights

The rainbow flag, commonly known as the gay pride flag or LGBT pride flag, is seen during the first Gay Pride parade in Skopje, North Macedonia June 29, 2019

Widespread child abuse by Catholic Church members in Portugal is tip of iceberg - report

77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Widespread child abuse by Catholic Church members in Portugal is tip of iceberg - report

77% of the perpetrators were priests and most of the victims were boys.

Storm clouds pass over a Roman Catholic church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. August 14, 2018

Pope says Church conservatives exploited death of ex-pope Benedict

Francis also rejected claims by some conservatives that Benedict, who died on Aug. 31, was embittered by some of the current pope's decisions.

 Pope Francis addresses people as he arrives for the weekly general audience at the Vatican, June 8, 2022.

Catholic priest burned to death, another shot in north Nigeria

A Nigerian gunman, with a history of targeting Catholic priests, has burnt a priest to death and shot another.

 A view of St. Francis Catholic Church where worshippers were attacked by gunmen during Sunday mass service, is pictured in Owo, Ondo, Nigeria June 6, 2022.

Benedict funeral to be similar to that of reigning popes

The retired former pope has been laying in state without the papal regalia, but will be buried in the traditional three coffins in the Vatican.

 Faithful pay homage to former Pope Benedict, as his body lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, January 3, 2023.

Former Pope Benedict dies at age 95

The Vatican had said in a statement on Wednesday that the former Pope had suffered a sudden "worsening" of his health.

 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gestures at the Munich Airport before his departure to Rome, June 22, 2020. Former Pope Benedict traveled to his native Germany last week to visit his ailing older brother.

Pope Francis says ex-pope Benedict is 'very sick', asks for prayers

Benedict, 95, in 2013 became the first pope in some 600 years to resign. He has been living in the Vatican since then.

 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gestures at the Munich Airport before his departure to Rome, June 22, 2020. Former Pope Benedict traveled to his native Germany last week to visit his ailing older brother.