Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- As doctors were preparing to certify the brain death of a Brazilian man in 2010, members of a local Catholic charismatic...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and...

VATICAN CITY  -- Being a Christian means defending human dignity and that includes opposing abortion, the death penalty, gender transition surgery, war, sexual abuse...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing...

VATICAN CITY -- The Holy Spirit is like a line prompter at a theater, behind the scenes and constantly whispering to Christians the words...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of...

ROME -- At the request of Pope Francis, three Jesuit-run institutions of higher learning in Rome -- the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has asked Catholics to dedicate 2024 to intensifying their prayer lives in preparation for the celebration of the Holy...

VATICAN CITY -- Crying out to God and demanding answers when one's child dies is anything but a sign of a lack of faith,...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' calendar for Holy Week and Easter is just as full as in previous years despite a mild illness which...