The first Holy Year was called in 1300, and in recent times they are generally celebrated every 25 to 50 years. Pilgrims who participate can obtain “indulgences” — the centuries-old feature of the ...

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond of New Orleans offered prayers for victims of what he described as a “sign of utter disrespect ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned ... Magdeburg marked the tragedy Saturday with the tolling church bells at 7:04 p.m., the exact time of the attack in the city of roughly ...

Last year at the German bishops' ad limina meeting in the Vatican, Pope Francis said: "Given the facts, one can truly speak of an erosion of the Catholic faith in Germany." However, he went on to add ...

Authorities in Germany on Monday released details of past threats made by the suspected perpetrator of the deadly car rampage through a Christmas market in Magdeburg. According to the Ministry of ...

German lawmakers are quizzing officials over possible security lapses linked to the deadly car ramming in Magdeburg ... by trade who arrived in Germany in 2006 and was granted refugee status ...

He came to Germany in 2006 and had been working as a psychiatrist in Bernburg, south of Magdeburg. On Dec. 23, the federal government's anti-racism commissioner, Reem Alabali-Radovan, had ...

Five people were killed and more than 200 injured in the Dec. 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg ... a Saudi-born doctor who had lived in Germany for years. She added that lessons must ...

The attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, which left five people dead and over 200 injured - 40 in a critical condition - has sent shock waves through Germany. But what this tragedy reveals is ...

German government officials accused Tesla founder Elon Musk on Monday of attempting to interfere in the country's upcoming parliamentary elections on behalf of the country's far-right political ...

Germany remains on high alert after a deadly Christmas market attack earlier this month that killed five people and injured more than 200 others in the eastern city of Magdeburg. Berlin ...