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Eighty years ago two of the world's deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.

Along one of Rome's busiest streets, Via del Corso, traffic moves slowly as hundreds of pilgrims crisscross traffic on foot to get to their destination.

Despite daunting odds, Catholic Relief Services and its on-the-ground partners have managed to deliver aid to 1.7 million people in Gaza since 2023, according to new data.

"We should never get used to violence or lose our respect for the sacredness of human life," said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, following a deadly mass shooting in that city that claimed four lives, including that of ...

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- and as renewed nuclear threats emerge in current conflicts -- several U.S. Catholic bishops will travel to Japan on a "Pilgrimage of Peace."

Greeting tens of thousands of visitors crowded in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed all the young people who arrived in Rome for the Jubilee of Youth.