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

From the blog of Julian Schvindlerman at The Times of Israel ...

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

Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ... audience with renewed petitions for peace and prayer. The pope blesses a pilgrim and her unborn ...

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

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

With the Holy Year 2025 beginning on Christmas Eve, the Vatican's 2024 Christmas stamps feature the Jubilee message of hope as well as a prayer for peace.

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 ...

Widely recognized for his catchphrase, “the family that prays together, stays together,” the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message across the world emphasizing prayer and close family ...

I exhort particular Churches, starting from the upcoming 2025 Jubilee, to remember and honor these figures of holiness each ...

A storm of questions and concerns has broken over the new directive prohibiting military chaplains from invoking God at ...