For the first time, a sculptor and native of Japan will be awarded the Ratzinger Prize. His name is Etsurō Sotoo, born in ...

Particular attention is given to the religious situation in Japan, a country characterized by an “original sensitivity to ...

Father Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi, an Italian missionary, was one of the early martyrs of the Catholic Church in Papua New ...

A naval base less than 30 miles from Seattle has one of the world's largest concentrations of deployed nuclear weapons. Five ...

The Vatican is among 12 diplomatic allies Taiwan still has left. There are concerns these loyalties could shift as the Holy ...

NAGASAKI--The Catholic Church in Japan is supporting efforts to bring a celebrated set of paintings from the Vatican for the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025. The "Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan" are works by ...

On an early September day in 1622, a large group of Christians gathered on a hill in Nagasaki, Japan, to bear witness. Dozens ...

Authorities in Rome say they were mulling introducing a ticketing system for visitors to the iconic Trevi Fountain, in the ...

Francis will confront that legacy, and another one more close to home involving Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo, the Timorese bishop who, along with the Catholic Church as a whole, is regarded as a hero ...

The Catholic Church is no longer a Eurocentric or western ... Francis, who as a young man wanted to be a missionary in Japan, has spoken favorably about male and female church leaders coming ...

The Catholic Kanda Church celebrated its 150th anniversary with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sept. 16, where Archbishop Isao ...