The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis has recognized the heroic virtues of a 14-year-old Italian boy who died in... Read more
Pope Francis sent a video message Thursday to the priests who work in Argentina’s poor neighborhoods serving the sick and... Read more
Pope Francis appointed the former president of the European Central Bank to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Friday. Read more
A Holy See diplomat raised concern at the United Nations in Geneva this week over the use of the term... Read more
Benedict XVI watched his brother’s funeral via livestream on Wednesday as his secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein read the pope emeritus’... Read more
Pope Francis offered Mass Wednesday asking the Virgin Mary to help Christians recognize the face of Christ in each migrant... Read more
A Vatican cardinal has said that the world is facing a “tsunami” of humanitarian crises caused by the coronavirus emergency,... Read more
Pope Francis will celebrate Mass Wednesday marking the seventh anniversary of his visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Read more
Pope Francis has made a donation to the World Food Programme as the organization works to feed 270 million people... Read more
The Vatican’s financial watchdog authority reported Friday that it received 64 suspicious activity reports in 2019, 15 of which it... Read more
Pope Francis appointed an apostolic visitor Thursday for Ethiopian Catholics in the United States and Canada. Read more
Pope Francis is praying for a group of lay people who appealed to him to crack down on clerical abuse... Read more
Pope Francis has appointed a commissioner to reform the administration of the office responsible for the upkeep of St. Peter’s... Read more
On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on Monday, Pope Francis urged Christians to pray for one another and... Read more
There is no true love without the cross, Pope Francis said in his Angelus address Sunday. Read more
The Vatican’s apostolic archives reopened to researchers in June after a nearly three-month closure because of the pandemic. Read more
Bioethics, gender identity, and biological sex are new subjects covered in the Vatican’s latest Directory for Catechesis, released Thursday. The... Read more
Pope Francis appointed Thursday an apostolic administrator to take charge of a Polish diocese whose bishop is under investigation over... Read more
The Vatican Thursday published a new directory for catechesis, emphasizing both its continuity with two previous directories and its new... Read more
Pope Francis has written a letter of encouragement to Alex Zanardi, a Formula One driver turned Paralympic champion who is... Read more