Biden receives Communion in Rome amid abortion debate in US

While President Joe Biden regularly receives Communion in his home dioceses in Washington and Delaware, it was significant that he also received Communion in Rome.

Biden: Pope Francis told him he should 'keep receiving communion'

President Joe Biden said the issue of abortion did not come up in his meeting with Pope Francis, but that the pontiff said he should keep receiving Communion.

Almost 80 years later, NYC Holocaust survivor reunited with family's lost bible

After an almost unbelievable series of events, one local Holocaust survivor has been reunited with her family's edition of the Tanakh, a Hebrew Bible comprised of the Torah and filled with illustrations.

Brooklyn Diocese fires music teacher after he married a man

The Brooklyn Diocese has fired a Catholic music school teacher in Queens after he married a man. The diocese says Matthew LaBanca violated a contractual stipulation to the Catholic Church.

Century-old Harlem church struggling to survive

Over the years the church has fallen in disrepair. Mold and mildew can be found on the inside, and paint is peeling off the wall. Churchgoers say they worry someone can get hurt due to the deteriorating conditions.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI hopes to soon join friends in 'the afterlife'

In a letter reproduced in German media, the emeritus pope writes that he hopes he can be soon reunited with his friends who have passed away.

‘We reject hatred’: George W. Bush gives remarks at Eradicate Hate Global Summit

The summit is held every year and began after the 2018 Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh which resulted in one of the largest losses of life in an anti-Semitic attack in the U.S.

Haiti kidnapping: US seeks release of 17 missionaries abducted by gang

U.S. officials are working with Haitian authorities to secure the release of 16 Americans and one Canadian abducted by the 400 Mawozo gang.

Megan Rice, nun imprisoned over peace activism, dies at 91

Megan Rice died of congestive heart failure Oct. 10 at Holy Child Center in Rosemont, Pennsylvania, according to her order, the Society of the Holy Child Jesus

17 American missionaries kidnapped by gang in Haiti, religious group says

Children are among the group of 17 U.S. missionaries that has been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, according to a religious group with direct knowledge of the incident.

Hunt for woman who set fire in front of yeshiva: NYPD

The NYPD Hate Crimes Unit was searching for the woman who poured gasoline in front of the Yeshiva of Flatbush and lighted the gasoline on fire.

Suicide attack at mosque in Afghanistan's Kandahar province kills 47

Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed for Friday prayers, killing at least 47 people.

Religious exemption stays for NY health workers; NYC teachers in court

A judge ruled Tuesday that New York must continue to allow health care workers to seek exemptions from a statewide COVID-19. This comes as NYC teachers were in court fighting the mandate.

7-year-old girl says teacher pulled off her hijab

The South Orange-Maplewood School District is investigating a second-grade student's claim that her teacher pulled off her hijab in class.

Pope Francis expresses 'shame' at scale of clergy abuse in France

Pope Francis has expressed "shame" for himself and the Roman Catholic Church for the scale of the sexual abuse of children within the church in France and "sadness and pain for the trauma that they suffered."

Pope expresses 'shame' at scale of child sex abuse by clergy in France

Pope Francis expressed “shame” over a report that estimated some 330,000 French children were abused by clergy and other church authority figures.

Man steals $800 from church collection box

The NYPD is asking for the public's help finding the man who walked off with $800 from a church collection box.