Italian Catholic priest Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be allowed to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre after Israeli authorities earlier in the day prevented him from entering the church ...

Two composers are dueling in court in a copyright infringement case this week in Portland over 12 bars of 26 notes in two Catholic hymns. A jury of eight got a quick introduction Monday on how to read ...

This report describes how the religious affiliation of people in six Latin American countries has changed over the past decade. It also examines their religious beliefs and practices. It focuses on ...

SÃO PAULO – Heads of Catholic TV stations from different parts of Latin America gathered in Brazil last week and founded the Latin American and Caribbean Audiovisual Media Alliance. The Alliance is ...

GAZA CITY, July 17 (Reuters) - An Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic Church killed three people and injured several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the small parish, ...

On June 17, Father Pierre Nguyễn Kim Long — composer of the iconic “Prayer of Peace” and over 3,500 hymns — passed away at 84. His death is not only a loss for Vietnamese sacred music but the end of ...

On the first Sunday of his papacy, Pope Leo XIV stood on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica and chanted the Marian prayer "Regina Caeli" in Latin. While many consider Latin chant controversial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ahead of the conclave to select a new pope for the Catholic Church, each cardinal took an oath of secrecy in Latin. NBC News’ ...

In the nearly 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, most popes have come from Europe, even though there are countries in South and Central America, Asia, and Africa with significant Catholic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Several months after he assumed leadership of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made his first trip overseas. It was back home to Latin America, where the Argentine pontiff celebrated ...

Jessica Harvey used to worship in a church with stained glass and a soaring ceiling. The Catholic parish gave Harvey and her family a sense of community as they settled into their new hometown in ...