Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
Pope Francis in Madagascar urges environmental responsibility, help for the poor
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- In Madagascar, where the destruction of the environment and the suffering of the poor are inextricably bound, Pope Francis urged government...
Pope Francis encourages peace among opponents upon arrival in Mozambique
MAPUTO, Mozambique -- With a courtesy and solemnity seldom seen at a gathering of opposing political leaders, Mozambican politicians came together a month before...
Pope Francis helps shape College of Cardinals with announcement of cardinals-designate
VATICAN CITY -- After the consistory to create new cardinals in early October, Pope Francis will have chosen more than half of the men...
Back to school Italian style: Papal greeting and gelato quests
VATICAN CITY — At the Pontifical North American College, new student orientation is not just a weekend or even just a week — it...
Assumption feast invites people to look to heaven with hope, Pope...
VATICAN CITY -- Mary's assumption into heaven calls people to put aside all those insignificant, mundane and petty concerns competing for their attention and...
Pope Francis mourns death of French patient Vincent Lambert after doctors...
VATICAN CITY -- "Every life is valuable, always," Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died July...
Curia reform: Changing attitudes, not just structures
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ plan for the reform of the Roman Curia will change the names of several offices and merge a few...
Papal first: Pope Francis names seven women to Congregation for Institutes...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis named six superiors of women's religious orders, a consecrated laywoman and the superior of the De La Salle Christian...
Vatican to open tombs looking for young woman missing since 1983
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican City State tribunal has ordered the opening of two tombs in a small Vatican cemetery at the request of...
Pope Francis affirms seal of confession must be kept with ‘no...
VATICAN CITY -- In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis ordered the publication of a document affirming...