Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- The day after being released from Rome's Santo Spirito Hospital, Bishop David M. O'Connell of Trenton, New Jersey, had a heart-to-heart...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on the international community to ban surrogate pregnancy, calling it "deplorable" and a "grave violation of the dignity...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A multiyear investigation overseen by the Catholic Church into Archbishop John C. Nienstedt, who resigned from the Archdiocese of St....

An Alabama Catholic priest has now been fully returned to the lay state months after he fled the country with a recent Catholic high...

VATICAN CITY-- Help "de-weaponize" the way language is used in the media by being respectful to others and fostering greater understanding and peace between...

ROME  -- An Italian Catholic priest has been excommunicated for having publicly committed "an act of a schismatic nature" while celebrating Mass at his...

Pope Francis prayed for all those affected by a devastating earthquake in Japan, offering encouragement to emergency crews who were assisting victims and searching...

VATICAN CITY -- For at least the fourth time since Russia began its large-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Pope Francis and Ukrainian...

VATICAN CITY -- As the new year begins, Pope Francis will be the oldest reigning pope since the early 1900s and the third oldest...

As Pope Francis seeks to include more women in key church leadership positions, a Catholic social worker has been named to a pioneering post...