John Silver Statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome. Cardinal Angelo de Donatis, vicar general of the Diocese of Rome, composed a prayer of entrustment to Mary for Catholics to say from home on...
Vatican Media Pope Francis touches a statue of Our Lady of Lujan after the Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 30, 2019. More than 12,000 Christians in Nigeria have been killed...
Vatican Media/National Catholic Register Due to a spike in coronavirus cases in Rome and Europe, Pope Francis will celebrate Advent and Christmas liturgies via livestream. Just as for Lent and Easter,
Roxanne King Msgr. Charles Woodrich. The archdiocese said it took part in the investigation “so that any survivor who had not previously come forward would be encouraged to do so in a safe and...
Rostislav Ageev Gothic cathedral in Bern, Switzerland. The new figures, released Nov. 19, revealed that the Catholic Church lost 31,772 members in 2019, equivalent to 1.1% of the total membership of...
While sin may distort and disfigure the image of Christ that every person bears, it does not completely erase it, nor does it remove people from God's abundant mercy, Pope Francis said.
The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book.
Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world's wealth and everyone else's right to a dignified life is disregarded, Pope Francis said.
Conflict and violence in the world will never end if people do not fully understand their responsibility to each other as members of one human family, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Opening the Church’s season of Advent, Pope Francis Sunday celebrated Mass with a crop of new cardinals he elevated yesterday, warning against the temptations of mediocrity and indifference and...