Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has named three U.S. experts -- two women and an abbot -- to be members of the Dicastery for...

VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace...

VATICAN CITY -- Two cardinals-to-be stood out in a sea of red during a solemn consistory in St. Peter's Basilica when Pope Francis created...

VATICAN CITY -- Prayer has the power to transform today's Catholics into modern-day apostles who can respond to what the world truly needs, said...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin J. Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, as the sole...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati next year and that the Vatican will...

VATICAN CITY -- A local Italian group launched an online petition urging Pope Francis, the Vatican and others to stop the "fir tree-icide" of...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis met with a group of Israelis and their family members who were freed after being held hostage in Gaza...

VATICAN CITY -- Highlighting progress made in safeguarding and recommendations for rectifying ongoing gaps, the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors dedicated its...

VATICAN CITY -- Migrants demonstrate what hope is, and the Catholic Church must support them to keep that hope alive, Pope Francis said. "If migrants...