Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY  -- Delegates to the general assembly of the Focolare movement elected Margaret Karram, an expert in interreligious dialogue, president for a six-year...

VATICAN CITY — Abuses and violence against women are “acts of cowardice and a degradation of all humanity,” Pope Francis said. “We must not look...

VATICAN CITY  -- After a military coup and the detention of top government leaders in Myanmar, the auxiliary bishop of Yangon, the nation's largest...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of eight men and women, including the pro-life French geneticist, Jerome Lejeune, and English Sister...

VATICAN CITY -- Both Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have received the first dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 after the Vatican...

ROME — In an effort to provide immediate shelter and aid to people living on the street in Rome while also trying to curb...

VATICAN CITY -- After more than 400 years of printing for popes, the Vatican typography shop has acquired a digital press to help reduce...

VATICAN CITY  -- Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people's ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis approved new changes to the Vatican's financial watchdog agency concerning its internal governance, hiring procedures and its role as...

VATICAN CITY  -- Barring any obstacles caused by the global pandemic, Pope Francis is set to begin international travel again in 2021 by visiting...