Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
President Biden attends Mass, receives Communion in Rome; says Pope Francis...
ROME -- Pope Francis "is a man who has a great empathy. He's a man who understands that part of his Christianity is to...
Visit with President Biden and Pope Francis is 14th Vatican meeting...
VATICAN CITY -- Almost 60 years have passed since a Catholic president of the United States visited a pope at the Vatican.
When President John...
Baltimore’s Archbishop William E. Lori says document on Eucharist should be...
VATICAN CITY -- The incoming chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities hopes his brother bishops will approve a statement on the...
Pope Francis joins other religious leaders pleading for peace, compassion, care...
ROME — Standing in front of Rome’s Colosseum, Pope Francis called on members of all the world’s religions to be courageous enough to set...
Vatican requires proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test for employees,...
VATICAN CITY -- Visitors, tourists and employees who want to enter Vatican territory will be required beginning Oct. 1 to show proof of vaccination,...
Italy requires coronavirus vaccines for all university students, teachers at all...
ROME -- To promote a safe return to in-person learning, the Italian government has passed a law requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all university students...
Explanation from Pope Francis on restricting use of pre-Vatican II Mass...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' letter explaining why he was restricting the use of the pre-Vatican II Mass "fearlessly hits the nail on the...
Citing concerns about unity, Pope Francis restores limits on celebration of...
VATICAN CITY -- Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the...
Pope Francis restores limits on celebration of Mass according to the...
VATICAN CITY -- Saying he was acting for the good of the unity of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has restored limits on the...
Pope Francis celebrates Mass for caregivers from Rome’s Gemelli hospital while...
VATICAN CITY -- Although still hospitalized, Pope Francis has resumed working and celebrated Mass for his caregivers in the small chapel that is part...