In a letter addressed to Catholic bishops across the continent, Archbishop Gintaras Grušas of Vilnius linked this call to ...

ROME – With European elections just three months away, the continent’s bishops have joined other Christian churches in lamenting that the Christian principles on which Europe was founded are either ...

The Nairobi-based Vatican diplomat, who has also been representing the Holy Father in South Sudan, highlighted the need to seek God’s mercy as important and implored: “Let us confidently approach the ...

Violent attacks or threats against Christians and arson attacks against churches in Europe spiked sharply in 2024, according to a new report released Monday by the watchdog group Observatory on ...

Church arson attacks across Europe nearly doubled in 2024, part of a broader surge in anti-Christian hate crimes that included 274 personal assaults against Christians and the killing of a 76-year-old ...

Growing up in the UK, photographer Jamie McGregor Smith was familiar with traditional churches and their historic architecture. But in 2018, when McGregor Smith and his family moved to Vienna, Austria ...

Visiting Europe's great cathedrals is no doubt a moving experience, regardless of one's religiosity, but the crowds and ...

European flags fly outside the European Parliament on Feb. 7, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (Credit: Jean-Francois Badias/AP.) Listen ROME – As European parliamentary elections kick off Thursday ...

In the weeks following the conclusion of the church's synod on synodality, Europe's bishops have been pondering its practical implications, especially in more conservative countries where some reform ...

CHISINAU, April 25 (Reuters) - Romania's Orthodox Church says it will keep welcoming priests bolting from Moldova's Russian-linked Orthodox Church to join a growing rival body subordinate to Bucharest ...

The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) has expressed concern about a recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which obliges all member states to ...