As German voters prepare for federal elections on Feb. 23, the country’s Catholics find themselves navigating unprecedented ...

In Villach, Austria, a 14-year-old Austrian boy was killed Saturday, Feb. 15, by a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker in what ...

ANALYSIS: This staunch opposition to a political party would not be the first time the German hierarchy has taken an active role in electoral politics.

Priests accused of sexual abuse in Germany went to work overseas as missionaries. Did the Catholic Church help them? A research team spent months investigating. He went to work in Bolivia as a ...

He is a close ally of conservative U.S. President Donald Trump and has, much to the ire of Scholz, spent the past few weeks boosting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party ahead of a ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has designated three churches in Manila, Quezon City, and San Mateo, Rizal as national shrines. In a statement Sunday, the CBCP said that the ...

Their influence in policymaking plus the firm opposition of the Catholic Church hierarchy explains why the Philippines is the only country in the world without a divorce law. Filipino politicians ...

At the same time, the euro zone will grow by 1.1% and the global economy by 3.2%, BDI said, indicating Germany will remain one of the currency bloc's laggards in economic terms. "The situation is ...

His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s election for chancellor next month. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

LONDON - According to a recent report from the Catholic Church in Germany, the church is threatened by decreasing new commitments for the vocation of priesthood. Parishes are expected to suffer from ...

Vice President JD Vance blasted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops condemnation of the Trump administration's recent actions on immigration, saying the church might be more concerned with ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday, January 25, declared three churches across the country as national shrines. The announcement was ...