Pope Francis

the big story of the past seven days ✣ supreme court declines planned parenthood cases what happened? the us supreme court has declined to a...

The Catholic Herald

the armenian apostolic church, one of six in the oriental orthodox communion, will have a fixed representative in rome, similar to the easte...

Andrea Gagliarducci/CNA

our age is marked by “a climate of mistrust rooted in the fear of others” , pope francis has said in his world peace day message ( full text...

Luke Coppen

pope francis has accepted the resignation of 69-year-old auxiliary bishop alexander salazar of los angeles. he took the step after the archd...

Catholic News Service

more than 90,000 police and soldiers and a moderate muslim youth group will help guard nearly 50,000 churches across indonesia, including so...

Catholic News Service

exactly 200 years ago this christmas eve -- december 24, 1818 -- in a little church in what is now austria, the world heard for the first ti...

Richard Szczepanowski

organizers of the vatican’s february meeting on sexual abuse have sent a letter to the participating bishops asking them to meet with abuse ...

Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

pope francis has made new appointments to the dicastery for communication, naming andrea tornielli, an italian journalist, as its "editorial...

Carol Glatz

the death penalty is always a rejection of the gospel and of human dignity, and therefore must be rejected by all countries, pope francis to...

Catholic News Agency

with christmas just over a week away, visitors came to st peter's square with their baby jesus figurines for a traditional blessing by the p...

Carol Glatz