A Virginia Catholic bishop says the desecration of the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday points to a larger ...

A man desecrated the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday by climbing on top of it and throwing six candelabras that ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking ... takes place during the Catholic Church’s jubilee year, with 32 million ...

In a recent sermon, as Hitayezu addressed his parish from the altar, his voice ... Meanwhile, the Catholic Church in Spain has over 23,000 parishes to care for — the most in the world after ...

This way of accompanying Christian faithful who are in such situations does not correspond with the teaching of Pope Francis, ...

(AP Photo/Paul White) MADRID Spain (AFP) — Spain's left-wing government on Tuesday upped the pressure on the Catholic Church to compensate victims of sexual abuse committed on its watch. Unlike in ...

The latest survey of 8,000 people was commissioned by Spain's human rights ombudsman and found that roughly 0.6% of Spain's adult population of around 39 million people said they had been abused ...

VATICAN— Pope Francis welcomed members of a Filipino community living in Spain to the Vatican on Monday, reminding them that they have a home in every country where the Catholic Church is present.

In 2023 a similar incident was recorded when a man climbed the high altar and undressed, after which he was also arrested. The Code of Canon Law, the law that regulates the Catholic Church ...