Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- While misusing modern forms of media dulls the mind, games like checkers are a simple way to stimulate one's intellect and...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- An Argentine priest who works with the country's poorest and most vulnerable people is hopeful that Pope Francis will visit...

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

ROME -- The Catholic Church in the United States is grappling with a tendency to become more "auto-referential" and withdraw itself from the international...

VATICAN CITY -- Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis...

A new study of U.S. Catholics suggests that Mass attendance and political affiliation are associated with their views of Pope Francis and Catholic teaching...

SYDNEY -- The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney's Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack...

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 -- Today's "throwaway culture," driven by "profit, efficiency and success," marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given dignity, Pope Francis said. Using...

ROME -- The success of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will much depend on also including parish priests in the process, said Cardinal...