Religion

Doctors declare Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger as a result of pneumonia, but keep him hospitalized.

Francis’ feeble voice, discernible through his labored breaths and in his native Spanish, was recorded Thursday and broadcast in St. Peter’s Square

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent and its observance lasts for 40 days, excluding Sundays. Here’s what to know about the Christian tradition.

Muslims in the Middle East are observing the holy month of Ramadan under exceptional circumstances.

Find out the date of Ash Wednesday this year, plus other important observances including Easter Sunday.

Observant Muslims worldwide will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts.

The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen when he needs it and is responding to the strengthened drug therapy he is receiving, they said.

The College of Cardinals elects a new pope in a meeting known as a papal conclave.

Sikh community members said they have already seen how anxieties around immigration have impeded the way in which some, including naturalized citizens, practice their faith.

Pope Francis underwent specialist examinations at the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli in Rome.

Pope Francis criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policy in a letter to U.S. bishops Monday and pleaded with Catholics not to give into “narratives that discriminate.”

The Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, has died at 88 years old.

An attempt to authorize the Catholic school was challenged as a violation of the First Amendment, which limits government involvement in religion.

Three Kings Day (Día de Los Reyes), or the Feast of Epiphany, is a holiday that commemorates the day the three wise men — Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar — arrived with gifts for baby Jesus.

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.

The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years.

About 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, but what, exactly, is an angel? Typical portrayals in Western art depict them as human-looking, but with wings.

A federal judge will first hear from a doctor who evaluated Samuel Bateman’s competency, determining whether the sentencing goes forward or he is remanded to state custody for psychiatric treatment until he’s deemed mentally fit to assist in his defense.

Hundreds of people gathered in the storied landmark Sunday for a Mass marking the consecration of the cathedral’s altar.

In September, he said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, and that its military has gone beyond the rules of war.