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A homeless man who faithfully attended Mass at a church inside Vatican City for decades was buried in a Vatican cemetery after it was discovered he had died and was left unidentified in a hospital morgue.Willy Herteleer was well-known by the Swiss Guards keeping watch at St. Anne's Gate, by loca

Presidential veto will allow for ‘more time to reflect’ on project’s environmental impact

‘The hardest part is being cold and not being able to leave the tent.’

Assyrian Christians in the Nineveh Plain, with the help of a group of Americans, are building a fighting machine to stand toe-to-toe with the Islamic State group to preserve their homeland, their history and their heritage.The Nineveh Plain Protection Unit, or NPU, is a battalion of 350 to 500 men t

The Italian government is on high alert after threats from the Islamic State called Italy “the nation signed with the blood of the cross.”Italy is one of a handful of major Western counties that has not been victim of a large-scale terror assault since the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S.Ita

Father Alexis Prem Kumar was seized last year in western Afghanistan.

Over her 50 years in religious life, Sister Mary Ann Walsh's job titles have varied—teacher, reporter for a diocesan newspaper, Vatican correspondent and media editor at Catholic News Service, and spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops—but through it all the Sister of Mercy has been, down

An interfaith coalition on Feb. 17 announced it opposes what it called "undemocratic" actions proposed by the Obama administration regarding the much-anticipated Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and called on other people of faith to do the same.The Interfaith Working Group on Tra