Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken ...

A priest accused of failing repeatedly to report sexual abuse has just been elevated to president of the university.

While some Jewish leaders condemned the pope’s recent remarks on Israel, others believe that Catholic-Jewish relations can ...

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics are eligible for special indulgences this year. Indulgences are pardons believed to eliminate earthly suffering or time in ...

While calling himself an "old man" and saying he never expected to be pope this long, Pope Francis said he still has dreams ...

Pope Francis is unlike any of his predecessors – not least because he is the first to write an autobiography while still in office, writes Catherine Pepinster. But while he uses the book to admits his ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Jesuit Father Xavier de Bénazé questions how Christians should engage with ecology, emphasizing their call to adopt virtuous behaviors and extend this commitment through the principles of integral ...

Since our nation's founding, American Catholics have confronted the question of whether one can be a faithful Catholic and a devoted citizen of the United States.

COMMENTARY: The solemn approval of Vatican II’s Constitution on the Church had a decidedly Marian tone, marked by the ...

A diocesan-wide day of renewal aimed at inspiring attendees to live out their Baptism so as to welcome more people into the Catholic Church will take place Saturday, Jan. 18, at Corpus Christi Parish ...

Here in Rome, Sara Pavoncello, granddaughter of one of the living survivors saved from capture by the Nazi soldiers, narrates ...