Pope Francis

Four religious martyred in Democratic Republic of Congo beatified

three xaverian missionaries martyred alongside a local priest in the democratic republic of congo in 1964 were recently beatified during a m...

Ngala Chimton / Crux

Pope Francis praised for making ‘remote periphery’ a priority on next global trip

as pope francis’s sprawling 12-day journey to asia and oceania approaches, the local bishop of the remote diocese of vanimo in papua new gui...

Cardinal cautions US Catholics on temptation to 'disengage from politics'; reminds them of 'duty' to participate and 'bring light to our nation'

cardinal joseph tobin had reminded us catholics of their duty to actively participate in the political process no matter how off putting the...

Saints upset people: the cause of World War II heroine Sybil Kathigasu

saints upset people. it is surely impossible to live a life of heroic virtue without igniting the wrath of the wicked. even the relatively g...

Rise of AI is ‘evangelical moment’ for Catholicism: a time to endorse and resist

an expert in the realm of artificial intelligence describes the increasing prominence of ai an “evangelical moment” for catholicism, in whic...

The Pontifical Academy for Life and the wisdom of perspective on end-of-life care

demonstrators pray for terri schiavo outside a courthouse in march 2005 . ap rome – hard cases, as the famous legal maxim holds, make bad la...

Something for everyone in 2025: looking ahead to next year's Jubilee

rome is getting ready for an invasion in 2025 – a peaceful invasion of 32 million pilgrims, according to the italian statistics office. shop...

Father Michael Collins

Pope Francis calls Chinese "a great people" and engages with criticisms of his papacy

rome – in a new interview with the jesuit province of china, pope francis expressed his desire to visit the country and spoke of his admirat...

Young Catholic 'Rocky' TikToker who took on renowned Protestant theologian – and won

in the movie classic rocky a humble, poor, local boxer is picked to fight world heavyweight champion apollo creed – and wins against all the...

Heather Tomlinson

Pope celebrates special Vespers at his favourite Rome basilica

for the first time in his 11-year papacy pope francis marked the feast of the dedication of his favourite roman basilica by celebrating vesp...