Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY  -- Pope Francis seems to be fixated on the wounds of Christ. And he has suggested that other Catholics might...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- After a very public controversy involving the use of a letter by retired Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis has...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY   -- Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope just a few days after telling the College of Cardinals that...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Liberating the poor, the oppressed and the persecuted is an integral part of what God wants his church to...

Catholic News Service ROME   -- Blessed Paul VI will be declared a saint in late October at the end of the Synod of Bishops...

Catholic News Service ROME  -- The Catholic Church and Catholic agencies that work with migrants and refugees around the world are called to educate, advocate...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- A former president of the Vatican bank and his attorney are set to go on trial at the Vatican...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- While Pope Francis thinks Blessed Paul VI wrote "the greatest pastoral document that has ever been written," great writing...

Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis told pastors in the Diocese of Rome that Blessed Paul VI would be canonized this year. The pope's...

Catholic News Service ROME -- Lent is a time for Christians to get their hearts in sync with the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis said. "Let...