Despite the chronicle of horrific deaths suffered by early Christians during the vaunted "Age of Martyrs" Pope Francis said Monday that the church has more martyrs today than the early church did. In ...

In his daily homily Pope Francis called persecution a "reality" of Christian life, challenging faithful to take up the cross and noting that we are never given more than we can handle. "But (people ...

A mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero and Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande is seen in El Paisnal, El Salvador, March 9. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran) Readers of America may be aware that Pope Francis recently ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors' willingness to die ...

ROME — During routine restoration of a nearly 1,000-year-old church, a worker discovered bone fragments in clay pots that may belong to St. Peter, three other popes and four early Church martyrs.

Persecution in the Roman Empire was not, as is widely supposed, a constsant experience for Christians. Rather, it was sporadic, spaced sometimes by long periods of relative tranquility. The first long ...

Catholic faithful in Chittagong Archdiocese have paid tribute to early Christian missionaries and martyrs for “priceless sacrifices” that were instrumental in laying the foundation of the Church in ...

I went with some friends to see the latest Christian movie in the theaters the other night. We sat in an air-conditioned building in large, comfortable, reclining chairs and watched a high-definition ...

Many challenges in Japan make the church's evangelizing call to be the "salt and light" of hope and meaning even more urgent than ever, Pope Francis has told the country's bishops. In fact, the nation ...

An Argentinian priest caring for the Catholic community in Baghdad says the faith of persecuted Iraqi Christians is moving and will continue inspiring future believers for generations. "The number of ...