Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- Two days after Pope Francis told people retired Pope Benedict was "very sick" and in need of prayers, the Vatican said...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis will soon pack his bags for his first foreign trip of 2023, a year that promises to be as busy...

VATICAN CITY -- Saying that retired Pope Benedict XVI was "very sick," Pope Francis asked people to offer special prayers for him. "I would like...

VATICAN CITY  -- The most important question a Christian can ask when making any decision in life is "where the greatest love is to...

VATICAN CITY -- The day after Christmas the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, which emphasizes how the...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis said he wrote a resignation letter in 2013, his first year in office, to be used in case he...

ROME — The superior general of the Jesuits confirmed that Father Marko Rupnik, a Slovenian Jesuit and artist in restricted ministry because of abuse...

VATICAN CITY -- Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet announced he is filing a defamation lawsuit in Quebec against a woman who accused him of sexual...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is writing to all the heads of state around the world, asking them to consider granting some prisoners clemency...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary "the universal desire for peace, especially for...