VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The celebration of World Mission Sunday is a popular day for a pope to canonize new saints -- not only those who ministered or gave up their lives in lands traditionally known as ...

Pope Francis asked the new members of the College of Cardinals to cultivate a sense of prayer and closeness with God's people ...

Pope Francis called again for “an immediate cease-fire on all fronts” in the Middle East, urging leaders to “pursue the paths ...

(OSV News) – The naming of a Japanese atomic bomb survivors group as this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient is “fitting ... during this time of heightened geopolitical tension,” said Archbishop John ...