Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY  -- The Vatican Gardens has branched out and added a small orchard to its hillsides, becoming a safe haven for a number...

VATICAN CITY — Naming a child is an important task for parents, because it gives children a sense of identity and belonging to their...

VATICAN CITY -- While some fundamental principles of the Catholic Church's social teaching are permanent, there are ever-changing social and political conditions that can...

VATICAN CITY -- Catholic universities are "called to be workshops of dialogue and encounter in the service of truth, justice and the defense of...

VATICAN CITY  -- Sharply criticizing a failure to find nonviolent means of bringing peace to Syria and other parts of the world, Pope Francis...

  ROME -- After circling a massive, crumbling public housing complex on the outskirts of Rome, Pope Francis had an emotional encounter with the neighborhood's...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- The Gospel requires Christians to "denounce personal and social sins committed against God and neighbor in the name of...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- As a sign that God's mercy cannot be limited, Pope Francis has recommissioned his special army of priests charged...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- In a letter to the bishops of Chile, Pope Francis apologized for underestimating the seriousness of the sexual abuse...

  VATICAN CITY  -- God calls all Christians to be saints -- not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer...