Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...

The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae — which long based its U.S. presence in Colorado — on Monday confirmed the dissolution.

On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp run by the Nazis, Pope Francis said the horror ...

Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S.

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, a retired Peruvian archbishop, faces Vatican-imposed restrictions following sexual abuse allegations. Although Cipriani denies the charges, he has accepted the ...

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches to be ...

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

Luce carries symbols that have been associated with pilgrimage in Europe since the 12th century, particularly with the shrine ...

Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...