Pope Francis

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 ...

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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

A priest tells the story of how he concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis

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ahead of his 82nd birthday, pope francis held a party and ate birthday cake with children under the care of a free health clinic inside the ...

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God’s loving care for his children is a cause for rejoicing, the Pope said on Gaudete Sunday

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jesus's "presence is the source of joy" , the pope said at yesterday's angelus ( full text , full video ). pope francis turns 82 today . a h...

Luke Coppen