The pontiff embraced Vinicio Riva while greeting pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a general audience in 2013, the year... Read more
Vatican City has new tenants: seven nuns from Argentina who, at the request of Pope Francis, will live in Mater... Read more
Archbishop Charles Scicluna said that the Church should learn from the Eastern Churches, which allow married men the option to... Read more
The 1998 book’s provocative, sexually-charged themes are likely to add further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s... Read more
Speaking from the window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, the pope said Jan. 7 that the anniversary of one’s baptism... Read more
On the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, the pope baptized 16 babies and presided over Mass beneath Michelangelo’s... Read more
In his homily Saturday, Pope Francis urged the faithful to “find God in flesh and bone, in the faces of... Read more
The pontiff made his remarks at a Jan. 4 audience with a delegation from the Society of Catholic Publicists of... Read more
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was convicted on several counts of embezzlement of Vatican funds on Dec. 16, presided over a... Read more
Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández maintained that the Vatican’s recent declaration on same-sex blessings was “clear and definitive about marriage and... Read more
More than two weeks after the Vatican issued a declaration on blessings of same-sex couples, bishops remain divided over the... Read more
The Diocese of Livorno in Tuscany issued a decree on Jan. 1 notifying Catholics that Father Ramon Guidetti “publicly committed... Read more
Twenty Catholic missionaries were murdered in 2023, according to a new Dec. 30 report issued by the Vatican’s Fides News... Read more
The reported 7.6-magnitude quake struck Ishikawa Prefecture in the western part of the country, killing more than 50. Read more
The pope made his appeal during Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 1 for the solemnity of Mary, Mother... Read more
Just days after Christmas, Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime abducted four priests, whose whereabouts are still unknown. Read more
Pope Francis implores the Blessed Virgin Mary to intercede for an end to human conflicts in a new video released... Read more
Despite advanced age and health challenges, the pope visited six countries on three continents in 2023. Read more
The European Meeting is an annual ecumenical Christian event that hosts several thousand young adults from across the world to... Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the pontiff expressed “his wishes of peace — just peace for all of us” during... Read more