Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

ROME -- When Pope Francis said he wanted the focus of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith to be "something very different"...

VATICAN CITY -- Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who said Pope Francis tapped him not to mediate but to encourage dialogue that could end Russia's...

ROME -- Catholic and Jewish institutions announced Sept. 7 the discovery of a previously unpublished list of several thousand people, mostly Jews, who were...

VATICAN CITY -- Being a Catholic does not destroy or replace a person's culture, and wanting to share the Gospel message does not mean...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MONGOLIA -- The Synod of Bishops is not a television show or a parliamentary debate, and its discussions will...

ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia -- Greeted with "aaruul," a dried yogurt cheese, which he tried, Pope Francis arrived in Ulaanbaatar for a four-day visit. After the nine-hour,...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked a group of Italian journalists to shun fake news and a love of scandal, including when covering the...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis continues to make surprise additions to the College of Cardinals with plenty of "firsts," and perhaps the most surprising...

VATICAN CITY -- Although Russia's continuing war on Ukraine may make peace seem an impossible dream, Pope Francis urged young Russian Catholics to sow...

ROME -- The Catholic Church in the United States has "a very strong reactionary" element that is well-organized and refuses to see how Catholic...