After news leaked in recent days about the suppression of a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, the community has condemned the leak and pledged obedience to the pope and to the official charged with...
In a new interview Pope Francis announced that after recently appointing the first-ever woman prefect of a Vatican department, he will soon name another to a key role overseeing administration of the...
Pope Francis Monday marked United States President Donald Trump’s inauguration to his second term in office by offering prayers for wisdom, strength in building democracy, and in efforts to promote...
As a ceasefire agreement to the war in Gaza took effect Sunday, Pope Francis praised the milestone, voicing hope that authorities can achieve a lasting peace and advocating for a two-state solution.
Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini
Franciscan Sister Raffaella Petrini will become head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the Vatican City...
Dan Henson
Trump’s Jan. 20 order is sharply at odds with Catholic teaching on the death penalty.
The order directs the U.S. attorney general to actively...
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE
Pope Francis, flanked by Bishop Athanasius Schneider (l), the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, arrives to meet with bishops, priests, deacons,
President Donald Trump speaks at the March for Life rally on the National Mall on Jan. 24, 2020, in Washington.
The newly inaugurated president is scheduled...
Episcopal bishop Mariann Edgar Budde (left) arrives as U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during the National Prayer Service at Washington National Cathedral on Jan.
BASHAR TALEB
A boy walks with a humanitarian aid package provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in al-Shoka, east of...