Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service

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

VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating the feast of St. Matthew with Italy's financial police, Pope Francis urged them to follow the example of their patron,...

VATICAN CITY -- It is not enough to know about Jesus, one must encounter him, be changed by his Gospel and follow him, Pope...

VATICAN CITY -- Capital punishment promotes a deadly attitude of revenge and denies the possibility of change in the lives of incarcerated people, Pope...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis visited an amusement park an hour outside of Rome to greet workers, their families and the two nuns providing...

VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis has called on political leaders to be at the service of the poor, the unemployed and the common good. The...

VATICAN CITY -- Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of State, visited Ukraine to hold high-level meetings, meet local Catholics and represent Pope Francis at...

VATICAN CITY -- Any Catholic who participates in the celebration July 28 of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly can receive a...

VATICAN CITY -- Political discourse in the United States has devolved into people shouting at and not listening to each other, showing a need...

VATICAN CITY -- Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, former nuncio to the United States, has been excommunicated after being found guilty of schism, the Vatican...