In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century founders of religious orders and the ...

Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of ...

The newly canonized include St. Giuseppe Allamano, a diocesan priest from Italy who founded the Consolata missionary orders, ...

Pope Francis has canonized 14 new saints, including a group of martyrs from Syria, in a move that could symbolize a call for ...

The encyclical is being published amid the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of ...

We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

The pope said “the climate of dialogue between the two Churches has lost the acrimony of the past and today allows us to hope ...

The landmark autobiography was originally meant to be published after Pope Francis’ death, but inspired by the upcoming year ...

Cardinal Purple, No Thanks. Indonesian Bishop Paskalis Bruno Syukur has asked Pope Francis not to be made a cardinal at the ...

To mark World Food Day on October 16, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of combating food insecurity and ensuring that ...

In a letter to Catholics in the Middle East on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Pope Francis ...

The issue of women deacons had been a major theme of the current Vatican synod on how to make the Catholic Church more ...