President Alar Karis declined to promulgate the amendment to the Churches and Congregations Act, citing its inconsistency ...

Defending freedom of religion means defending the rule of law, based on the constitution and universally recognized human ...

Traditionally, di remains of di Pope go don dey enclosed a day before di funeral inside three nested coffins, made of cypress ...

For bishops and archbishops, the liturgical clothes for a funeral include the alb, a white tunic held by a traditional cord ...

Ukraine is resisting concessions, Russia is escalating nuclear threats and denouncing NATO involvement, and Western ...

Half an hour later, at 09:00 local time, patriarchs from the Orthodox Church and cardinals will ... buried in a simpler wooden coffin with a zinc interior. This is the coffin that will be seen ...

In Dea Kulumbegashvili’s film, Ia Sukhitashvili plays a Georgian obstetrician who views a woman’s right to choose as an ...

The burial ceremony for the pontiff on Saturday is taking on the air of a grand diplomatic gathering. A total of 160 foreign ...

Pope Francis’ tomb is made of Ligurian (Italian) marble with the sole inscription “FRANCISCUS” and a reproduction of his ...

James Marson leads Ukraine coverage for The Wall Street Journal.

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...