Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

ROME -- The Italian bishops' conference accused the government of adopting plans to ease the country's COVID-19 lockdown rules in a way that "arbitrarily...

VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis asked Catholics to make a special effort in May to pray the rosary, knowing that by doing so they...

ROME -- Like bishops in the United States and Canada, the bishops of Italy will begin the Marian month of May consecrating their nation...

VATICAN CITY -- Writing to social movements, including organized groups of casual laborers, Pope Francis said the COVID-19 pandemic should give rise to consideration...

VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Mass on Easter Monday, Pope Francis prayed that the political and economic planning for recovery after the coronavirus pandemic would...

VATICAN CITY -- In an Easter celebration like no other, Pope Francis prayed that Christ, "who has already defeated death and opened for us...

ROME  -- While many churches in Italy remain open, visiting a church to pray is not a valid excuse for leaving one's home during...

VATICAN CITY -- A 58-year-old Italian monsignor, who works in the Vatican Secretariat of State and lives in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, where Pope...

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VATICAN CITY -- In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the daily lives and routines of millions of people have been turned upside down,...