Junno Arocho Esteves, Catholic News Service

ROME -- Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the 15-year-old Italian teenager whose use of technology to spread...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican announced that Pope Francis will formally launch the process of the Synod of Bishops with a Mass in St....

VATICAN CITY — While men and women have a responsibility to be vaccinated against COVID-19, they also have a responsibility to engage in dialogue...

VATICAN CITY — The world needs prophets and true witnesses of hope in a time of uncertainty and trial, Pope Francis told Catholic young...

VATICAN CITY -- The world needs prophets and true witnesses of hope in a time of uncertainty and trial, Pope Francis told Catholic young...

VATICAN CITY — Heads of several bishops’ conferences and councils around the world called for greater collegiality and communion among bishops to confront the...

VATICAN CITY -- Jesus' death on the cross calls Christians to focus on helping the vulnerable rather than defending contentious agendas, Pope Francis said. In...

ŠAŠTIN, Slovakia — The world needs Christians who are “signs of contradiction,” who demonstrate the beauty of the Gospel rather than hostility toward others,...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM SLOVAKIA — The debate about denying Communion to politicians who support abortion must be handled in a pastoral way,...

KOŠICE, Slovakia — Pope Francis made sure that while the world often disregards the young and the marginalized, in the Catholic Church, “no one...