Pope Leo XIV is a canon lawyer from an Anglo/American legal culture that places much greater value on transparency than the secrecy that was the hallmark of the Inquisition. There is every reason to ...

Catholics and Buddhists in Vietnam have welcomed Pope Leo XIV, expressing the hope that the new pope will soon visit the ...

Court decision to nullify 25-year moratorium in Occidental Mindoro province termed as 'detrimental to the environment' ...

Beijing is suspected of exerting pressure on the Vatican to sever ties with Taiwan. But the Vatican’s continued willingness ...

On May 17, 1995, then-six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was abducted along with his family and teacher, just days after the ...

A flood and landslide near a gold mine in remote eastern Indonesia killed at least six people, and rescuers were searching for more than a dozen missing, officials said on May 19. Hours of heavy rain ...

Many readers of this article may believe that the expression “sports ministry” is recent, but this is not so. The link ...

Israel will allow a "basic amount" of food into the Gaza Strip, the prime minister's office said on May 18, after facing mounting pressure to lift a total blockade imposed more than two months ago.

Environmental reporter Ouk Mao, who has been “facing sustained judicial harassment from the Cambodian authorities” was ...

This is the full text in English of the homily given by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square during the Mass of Inauguration of ...

Ecumenical and interreligious guests, more than 100 government delegations, joined new pope for Mass in St. Peter's Square ...

The Council of Nicaea promotes a dynamic relationship with law, fostering ecclesial unity without entangling in rigid web of ...