TURIN, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis asked forgiveness Monday for the Catholic Church’s persecution of members of a small evangelical church in Italy whose leader was excommunicated and followers branded ...

Around half of Rwandans are Catholic, but since the genocide many of them have turned to pentecostal churches. The Catholic Church in Rwanda has again asked for forgiveness "for all Christians" ...

He urged politicians to desist from using their power and authority to seek revenge against perceived enemies and to learn to forgive. Onaiyekan gave the warning in his homily at St Rita's Catholic ...

Missionaries first brought the Catholic faith to the island of Timor, off the northern coast of Australia, in 1515. East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta and Cardinal Virgílio do Carmo da ...

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization (R), and Rome mayor Roberto Gualtieri (L) speak at a roundtable discussion on the 2025 Jubilee of Hope during the ...

Following each of the 10 confessions and testimonies read aloud during the liturgy was a prayerful petition for forgiveness. On the eve of the second session of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis ...

Archbishop Samuel Kleda of the Archdiocese of Douala in Cameroon has outlined a moral and social vision for the Central African nation, calling for a change of hearts that would translate into ...