Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY  -- Just a few hours after retired Pope Benedict XVI died in his Vatican residence Dec. 31, Matteo Bruni, director of the...

VATICAN CITY -- Most of the 18 Catholic missionaries murdered in 2022 were not carrying out high-risk missions when they were assassinated but were...

Jan. 1, the day when we begin a new year, is the World Day of Peace for the Catholic Church. Inspired by St. John...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. -- It takes many willing hands to ease the grip of hunger in Somerset County. Thanks to an innovative ministry at St. Joseph...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Citing rising operating costs, declining enrollment and an increased need for institutional aid, officials at Holy Names University in Oakland said...

CHICAGO -- Private citizen groups have arranged for Nativity scenes to be on display at 43 state capitols around the country, a record number,...

VATICAN CITY -- The day after he turned 86, Pope Francis met with volunteers, family members and children receiving care from a Vatican pediatric...

WASHINGTON -- In a live morning broadcast on Twitter Dec. 18, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, said he was not...

'Tis the season to ponder the dual nature of Jesus Christ -- his true divinity and true humanity -- as we celebrate his incarnation...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed two Washington archdiocesan priests, Msgr. Juan R. Esposito-Garcia and Father Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, as auxiliary bishops of their archdiocese. Bishop-designate...