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Giant Baby Jesus statue visits Mexico City’s Tepito neighborhood with message of peace

MEXICO CITY – His face and body resemble those of a newborn. Yet the Baby Jesus statue towers 16 feet tall and travels across central Mexico spreading a message of peace. The giant figure ar...

Pope announces resignation of U.S. bishop accused of embezzling $270K from California parish

EL CAJON, Calif. – The bishop of a small Chaldean Catholic community in the San Diego area has resigned amid charges that he embezzled $270,000 from his parish, Pope Leo XIV announced Tuesda...

The travertine quarries that built ancient Rome are carving rock for a new generation of temples

TIVOLI, Italy – Long ago, when Romans wanted to build a new temple, they would head to the nearby quarries of Tivoli, chisel out blocks of porous rock called lapis tiburtinus – now known as ...

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia reaches its maximum height after more than a century

BARCELONA, Spain – Barcelona’s towering Sagrada Familia basilica reached its maximum height last week, though the magnum opus of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí remains years away from comple...

Display of St. Francis of Assisi’s bones confirms enduring appeal of relics for Christians

ASSISI, Italy – The bones of St. Francis of Assisi went on public display for the first time Feb. 22, capping an 800-year saga over his bodily remains and confirming the enduring appeal to C...

‘Adopt a Statue’ program for Milan’s iconic Duomo restores centuries-old marbles

MILAN – A 15th-century statue that once stood outside Milan’s iconic Duomo has found a new home. The Bearded Saint with Book was recently restored under the “Adopt a Statue” program, launche...

Kosovo’s Catholics and Muslims mark Ash Wednesday and Ramadan in one week

PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo’s religious diversity came to light this week as the Balkan nation’s Christian and Muslim communities both embarked on a traditional period of fasting and spiritual...

Pope laments ‘ashes of international law’ left by today’s conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy

ROME – Pope Leo XIV opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday and lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wa...

Bayfield town board approves rezoning for faith-based arena project

Proposed facility would host rodeos, stock shows and worship events

Emerging artists making rap, Afrobeats and R&B music push Christian genre boundaries

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of the...

From southern India to Canada’s far north: New archbishop serves Indigenous Catholics

As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soo...

Anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church leads to arrests but no charges for journalist Don Lemon

MINNEAPOLIS – A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arr...