By Mateo Esteban Sexual abuse by Catholic priests in the Philippines has drawn renewed scrutiny following the January 2025 release of a database by the US-based ...

Fresh from an EU special summit on defence, Prime Minister Robert Abela spoke on Malta's defence spending in words that alarmed some, and gave his opponents an opportunity to kick him again. But no ...

Thus, today, constructing, refurbishing and servicing religious facilities are essential ecclesial functions, much like those of altar servers, lectors, musicians and catechists. The Vatican ...

When Dr. William Hogan first saw the young woman who would eventually be his wife of now 64 years, it was at Mass — and she ...

Altar Servers Oran and Cathal Breen In 1964 he was appointed to ... During his ministry he was, for many years, an Observer for the Vatican at meetings on health, bioethics, and convention law in the ...

A man visiting St Peter's Basilica on Thursday stripped off his clothes and stood naked on the church's main altar in what appeared to be a protest against the war in Ukraine, a Vatican source said.

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

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on ...

Security staff at the Vatican have apprehended a man after he jumped on to the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica and damaged some candelabra. The incident, which took place on 7 February ...