Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV announced March 19 that he is asking the presidents of all bishops’ conferences around the world to convene...

ROME -- The Vatican has published the final report of the synod study group examining women's participation in the church, which calls for expanded...

News of the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, followed by Feb. 24 arrest of Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the United States --...

Crowds gathered in the French coastal town of Saint-Tropez to bid a final farewell to actress Brigitte Bardot. The casket bearing Bardot, who died Dec....

VATICAN CITY  -- For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily about...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the Vatican to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a Vatican-Palestinian agreement recognizing...

KRAKOW, Poland -- As fall begins, Catholics are watching closely for Pope Leo XIV's first major Vatican appointments. One of the most urgent vacancies...

ATLANTA  -- From a message that "dread is not of God" to a "pilgrimage of hope," several hundred Catholic sisters and guests gathered in...

The recent 12-day war between Israel and Iran has brought about fear and anxiety in the country and tested the faith of its small...

VATICAN CITY -- Although Pope Francis already set Aug. 3 as the date to declare the sainthood of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Pope Leo...