Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis met members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication Nov. 12, he said listening to people is at...

VATICAN CITY -- In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the...

VATICAN CITY -- Violence against women is "a social scourge that is also linked to cultural attitudes, ingrained mentalities and prejudices," so education, prevention...

VATICAN CITY -- As part of the Vatican celebration of World Day of the Poor, a dozen doctors and nurses and 90 medical students...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has continued to call on Russian and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate an end to the war, but the head...

VATICAN CITY -- As Christians await their death and the final judgment of God, the Gospel tells them what they must do to be...

VATICAN CITY-- The saints were not "starched," picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were "countercultural and revolutionary." The multitude of men and women honored on...

VATICAN CITY -- Catholics around the globe long to share the Gospel with a world in need, but they see situations and tensions within...

VATICAN CITY -- Media outlets that identify as Catholic must live "in a spirit of communion" with the pope, especially at a time of...

VATICAN CITY-- In the Vatican's continuing mega-trial focused on determining if crimes were committed in the course of a London property deal that cost...