The Catholic community has about 150 thousand faithful; in the territory religious of 20 different nationalities reside, for a total of 120 priests and 130 nuns. The event that marked the rebirth of ...

This is the first shrine dedicated to this cause in Central Asia, in a country marked by a long history of oppression of Christians, especially during the Soviet era. The icon is displayed in the ...

Pope Francis’ Sept. 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan will be especially important for the small Catholic community in the country and will serve to strengthen their faith, the archbishop of Kazakhstan’s ...

Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan. (CNS/Courtesy of Dominic Cassella, Thomas More College) NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan — An outspoken bishop of Kazakhstan's Catholic community, ...

Pope Francis blesses faithful at the end of a Mass at the Expo Grounds in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, Sep. 14, 2022. (Credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP.) Listen ROME – On his final day in ...

The Khan Shatyr Shopping and Entertainment Center in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, on June 4, 2022. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Kazakhstan Sept. 13-15 to attend the Congress of World and Traditional ...

The pope on Sept. 15 backed Ukraine's right to defend itself from Russia's violent seven-month-long invasion. For the first time he appeared to lend his support to other countries that are supplying ...

Karaganda (Agenzia Fides) - "Bishop Aleksandr Khyra, other priests like Fr. Alexey Zarytskyi, Fr. Nikolay Shaban and Fr. Stepan Pryshliak, all prisoners in the gulag and many of whom are now blessed, ...

The sanctuary, known to have miraculous powers, is the final resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun, mystic and co-foundress of the congregation set up in 1862, in Warsaw. Sister ...

At an Aug. 27 consistory at the Vatican, Pope Francis elevated 20 prelates to the College of Cardinals. One of them was Bishop Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar. The 48-year-old, the ...