Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service
Pope Francis to health workers: “We can come out of this...
VATICAN CITY -- During the darkest, most deadly days of the COVID-19 pandemic in northern Italy, medical professionals and volunteers were "silent artisans of...
Italian priests debate streaming online Masses to when faithful can attend...
ROME -- As Italian Catholics prepared to celebrate Pentecost, the second Sunday with Masses permitted with a limited number of faithful, bishops and priests...
Pope Francis puts Father Michael McGivney, founder of Knights of Columbus,...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing...
Search for Christian unity is making progress, Pope Francis says
VATICAN CITY — Marking the 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical on Christian unity, Pope Francis said he shares “the healthy impatience”...
Celebrating 25 years of “Ut Unum Sint,” St. John Paul II’s...
VATICAN CITY -- Twenty-five years ago, St. John Paul II's encyclical on ecumenism, "Ut Unum Sint," put the papal seal of approval on a...
St. Peter’s Basilica reopened for the first time since March 10...
VATICAN CITY -- Almost 10 weeks after St. Peter's Basilica was closed to the public in cooperation with Italy's COVID-19 lockdown measures, the faithful...
Pope Francis joins leaders of every religion in plea to end...
VATICAN CITY -- At a time of global "tragedy and suffering" because of the coronavirus, and in view of the long-term impact it will...
Pope Francis makes promotions within the College of Cardinals at Vatican
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has expanded the ranks of the top members of the College of Cardinals, naming as "cardinal bishops" Cardinal Beniamino...
Emanuela Orlandi case: Vatican confirms bones are not those of missing...
VATICAN CITY -- Because all of the human bones found in a Vatican cemetery last summer were at least 100 years old, the Vatican...
Same storm, different boats: Vatican looks at ways to help all...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and his COVID-19 response commission want to see religious, economic and social life resume, but they question the wisdom...