Laura Ieraci, Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — Irish pilgrims in Philadelphia shared their excitement after Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, announced...

Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — Two well-known Christian preachers agreed: Joy in family life is among the most powerful tools to take Jesus to others. The...

Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — Pope Francis threw away a prepared text and, to the delight of tens of thousands of people on the Benjamin...

Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA — Known as the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia will be “the city of family love” and the “world capital of...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Harsh criticisms meted out by Pope Francis on free-market capitalism have sparked backlash from some fiscal conservatives and have...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Environmentalists from around the world and from different faiths were among the tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered for...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Holy See and Palestine have signed a historic agreement that supports a two-state solution to the ongoing...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Clerics who work in the Vatican's diplomatic corps are not called to be "senior officials of a state"...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- More than 1.5 million people are expected for the Mass with Pope Francis in Philadelphia this September, said...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The deep hurts that spouses inflict on each other cause great suffering to their children and, in some...