MECHELEN – The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of what was once Sacred Heart Church, proof the stalls — as well as the Roman Catholic house of ...

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 ...

Europe is less Christian than at any other time in its modern history. Overall church attendance is in decline, it's increasingly common for Europeans to identify as agnostics or atheists, and, among ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals ...

The Church in Africa, which for many years was considered a missionary territory, has evolved and is growing “stronger” compared with the Church in Europe, which seems to have “weakened,” according to ...

Across Europe, the continent that nurtured Christianity for most of two millennia, many churches, convents, beguinages and chapels stand empty and increasingly derelict as faith and church attendance ...

Read full article: Flash flooding and torrential rain in Seguin, New Braunfels areas Downed trees and leveled homes along Guadalupe River in Kerrville on Friday, July 4, 2025. Read full article: At ...