During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor ...

I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after placing a white ...

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

Even "eco-nuns." Throughout America -- and indeed, the world -- thousands of religious sisters are daily witnessing to the environmental care commitment urged by Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, ...

On Nov. 11, 1969, Veterans Day, Cardinal Richard Cushing dedicated St. Francis Chapel located within the Prudential Center in Boston. Its origins might be traced to the 1947 arrival of the Franciscan ...

Pope Francis prays during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Nov. 6 ... "We cannot say, 'Father, Abba,' without the strength of the Holy Spirit. Christian prayer is not a ...

Hundreds of Christians, Hindus and Muslims are expected to take up a spiritual journey to honor the Jesuit missionary ...

though Pope John Paul II in 1994 urged Catholics to make the prayer a regular part of their lives. Devotion to St. Michael is still widely promoted today, including by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis, your encyclical on the Sacred Heart, “Dilexit Nos,” is beautiful and heartwarming. And for Catholics in the United States, the timing was perfect.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A Christian faith that does not disturb the powers that be and cannot generate a serious commitment to ...

A digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica has been created using artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most ...