Pope Francis on Dec. 12 called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the alleviation of foreign debt and the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The celebration of a Holy Year every 25 years is an acknowledgment that “the Christian life is a journey ...

Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, is the second-oldest pope in modern history (after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at ...

ANALYSIS: The Holy Father was following a familiar mode of operating when he accepted the Synod on Synodality’s final ...

On this episode of “,” Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell investigate Pope Francis’ new letter on the final synod document.

Father Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, an expert in liturgy and popular piety, says Pope Francis “has highly valued popular ...

The new cardinals include Ukrainian and Palestinian prelates as well as priests who have spoken in favor of promoting women ...

Our Lord’s diatribe against hypocrites reached a crescendo in Matthew 23. In the fortissimo of an Old Testament prophet, He ...

Focusing again on the fundamental Christian beliefs outlined by the Council of Nicaea almost 1,700 years ago can help ...

Francis, who sees himself as a friend of the community, has had an increasingly patchy record on statements relating to Jews and Israel, and may be causing irreversible damage to ties ...

Bishop Pablo Virgilio David to the rank of cardinal, becoming the 10th Filipino to hold the title.  David, president of the ...