Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his efforts to steer the Catholic Ch ...

A Rome-based Filipino priest has urged the public to avoid spreading false and unverified information about the health ...

Church in Pacific Palisades, California, was lost to fire, a longtime parishioner reflects on what truly makes a parish.

Since Christ is whole and entire in each of the Eucharistic species,’ says the Catechism, ‘anyone who has received either of ...

This was the first time a special saying of the rosary was recited for the pope, Vatican officials said. Such a saying of the rosary is usually reserved for popes in grim conditions. The death of John ...

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, 76, is Pope Francis' biggest critic, an anti-vaccine traditionalist papal lawyer who would be the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

Pietro Parolin, a 70-year-old Italian polyglot who entered the seminary at just 14, is currently pitted as favourite to ...

“Popes are very important figures,” said Michael W. Higgins (no relation), author of the biography of Pope Francis, “The ...

Pope Francis, 88, developed pneumonia in both lungs over the weekend and is expected to remain in hospital for the next few ...

This Maundy Thursday, let us remember the extreme length and the profound depth of Jesus’ dying love. At long last, Jesus came to the climactic hour for which he had been born. We rightly remember his ...