The Roman Catholic church is the only religious body that is, ... Countries historically aligned with the Catholic Church, such as Spain, Portugal, and many in Latin America, ...

The Catholic News Agency earlier this year reported a slight increase in the number of Catholics globally, with the population growing to 1.406 billion in 2023 from 1.39 billion in 2022.

Caretakers at a church in Spain have resigned over a deeply unpopular restoration of a statue of the Virgin Mary. The Virgin ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, brings with him a diverse and complex heritage. His roots extend ...

In Spain, about a million people participated in the annual pilgrimage honoring the Rocío Virgin, a Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. They sang flamenco songs, shared homemade food and held Masses in ...

EL ROCIO, Spain (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Catholic pilgrims slogged for days under a punishing sun through country roads, sandy paths, even a river ford to reach the tiny hamlet of El Rocío in ...

Archbishop José Ángel Saiz Meneses of Seville urged unity among Catholics upset over the recent restoration of a 17th-century statue of the Virgin Mary known as the Virgin of L ...