The percentage of Catholics in the US population in 2021 held steady at 21 percent in the latest Pew Research Center survey. The percentage of Protestants, however, dropped, while the percentage of ...

The series of feature stories that UCA News publishes are unique and compelling. Our in-depth reporting reveals little-known experiences of faith, conflict, reconciliation, and coexistence of ...

While the world commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Muslims in many countries continue to face sweeping accusations of terrorism. Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities ...

The Malaysian government has denied that migrants and refugees have been abused in its detention centers as claimed in a Human Rights Watch (HWR) report last week. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution ...

After 179 people were killed on Jeju Air Flight 2216 in the worst plane crash in South Korea, the low-cost carrier has faced a wave of cancellations, an official said. In the Dec. 29 accident at Muan, ...

An influential student body in Nagaland in northeast India has claimed its call against participation in patriotic expressions that go against Naga Christian faith and beliefs was successfully ...

Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni has pardoned former opposition leader Kem Sokha on humanitarian and national reconciliation grounds following a request from Prime Minister Hun Manet. The pardon by ...

They had been working at a scam center in Kyauk Khet, a village in Kayin state along the Thai-Myanmar border Members of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) prepare to repatriate foreign ...

When a priest collapsed in St. Peter's Square at the end of the general audience May 27, Pope Leo XIV rushed to his aid. The priest was 81-year-old Father Diego Semeraro, from the southern Italian ...

The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God's plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints -- two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries. "Sts. Pier Giorgio ...

Global and Asian rights groups have urged Singapore to halt the execution of a Singaporean for drug smuggling, while terming the existing anti-drug laws “cruel, inhumane, and degrading.” In a joint ...

What could be more depraved than to cover up child sexual abuse by declaring that the relationship was approved by marriage? Why are Philippine senators and members of the House of Representatives ...