Archbishop Rino Fisichella urges tourism to reflect Christian hope through justice, dignity, and sustainability ...

He prayed that through the intercession of Mary, all Catholics, but especially those in China, would receive "the grace to be ...

The Mexican bishops' conference has condemned a massacre of seven young people -- including minors -- at a parish festival, ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin received the Path to Peace Award at a May 19 gala dinner in New York, having addressed ...

Pope Leo XIV is a canon lawyer from an Anglo/American legal culture that places much greater value on transparency than the secrecy that was the hallmark of the Inquisition. There is every reason to ...

A memorial Mass for Pope Francis at the Chapel of St. Basil. The presentation in Jones Hall on the secretive conclave. A candlelit adoration on campus for Francis and the more than 130 cardinals ...

If he were elected, he would return an Italian to the papacy after three successive outsiders: St. John Paul II (Poland), Pope Benedict XVI ... The Rev. Fidel Purisaca Vigil, the communications ...

Hundreds of thousands of mourners joined world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, to bid farewell Saturday to Pope Francis, a champion of the poor who strived to forge a more compassionate ...

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday ... my predecessor died on the vigil of this feast,” preached Benedict. “Today is also the first day of May, Mary’s month, and the liturgical memorial ...

Pope Francis didn’t affirm same-sex marriage or lobby for ordaining women as priests. But he gently steered the Catholic Church in a more progressive direction while leading with compassion, openness ...

VATICAN CITY — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a ... Cardinal Peter Erdo officiates the Easter Vigil ceremony at the St Stephen's ...

Elected in 2013 after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, he brought a fresh ... such as Friday's Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum and Easter vigil at Saint Peter's Basilica, where ...