One would hardly think of Turkey as a pilgrimage destination. Travel books say that it is 90 percent Muslim and you would realize that as soon as you tour Istanbul. We were able to locate only one Catholic Church in one of the alleys.
A team of archaeologists and graduate students from different universities in the United States accidentally found a pre-Hispanic burial ground amid an ongoing construction work of a multipurpose building in a former cemetery here on Monday.
THE ICON of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Rome marks the 150th anniversary of its turnover by Pope Pius IX to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.Ss.R), or Redemptorists.
THE APPROVAL of same-sex marriage in 21 countries including the US has brought attention to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community. In the Philippines, the topic has generated
Archbishop Ramon C. Arguelles of the Archdiocese of Lipa in Batangas himself disclosed the news that the Vatican’s Sacred Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) had overruled him in his decision to declare the authenticity of the alleged Marian apparitions in the Carmelite monastery in Lipa City in 1948.
Pope Francis said on Thursday he was willing to create a commission to study whether women can be deacons in the Catholic Church, signaling openness to letting women serve in ordained ministry currently reserved for men.
The bell of the 146-year-old Church of Saints Peter and Paul is ringing once again – filling the historic civic district with its rounded chime.
In one of the interviews Pope Francis gave onboard a plane headed back to Rome, he responded with, “Who am I to judge?” when presented with the case of a homosexual cleric. The context in which the statement was made is equally important.
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From January 24 to 31, 2016, Cebu City will be a center of the Catholic Church as the faithful from all over the world gather for the 51st International
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