Thousands sang and applauded as Italian teen Carlo Acutis was beatified in a town dear to him and to many Christians around the world: Assisi

An unpublished document by the Education and Training Boards Ireland has raised concerns about the prominence of Catholic practices and symbols in Irish State Schools. The document says that mandatory graduation Masses, diocesan inspections and the prevalence of Catholic symbols found in many formerly vocational schools are contrary to the Education and Training Boards’ (ETBs)

Pope Francis has expressed “dramatic concern” about the Catholic Church in Germany, according to a bishop who met him this week.

Fourteen children whose mothers considered abortion were baptized last month in Madrid by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Carlos Osoro

French bishops have urged Catholics to join mass protests against a bill to liberalise abortion and embryo research

Pope Francis said he hoped to visit Spain to mark the 500th anniversary of the conversion of St Ignatius of Loyola

Lay Catholics also criticized the government's proposal and called on Christians worldwide to defend a 450-foot memorial cross, the world's tallest, from demolition

The 2020 award will be shared by Tracey Rowland and Jean-Luc Marion

The tomb of Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, has been opened for veneration before his beatification in Assisi

Chaldean Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa of Mosul was nominated for the 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

A Dutch cardinal has said that the Netherlands shows that once euthanasia is legalized safeguards are slowly but inevitably abandoned

A relic of St Pope John Paul II was stolen from a cathedral in central Italy.