Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service

ROME -- Traveling on an ITA Airways plane, Pope Francis set off on the longest foreign trip of his papacy. The plane carrying the pope,...

VATICAN CITY -- "Please, let no Christian church be abolished directly or indirectly: the churches are not to be touched," Pope Francis said about...

VATICAN CITY -- When receiving the Eucharist, Catholics should respond with gratitude and awe that Jesus offers himself as nourishment and salvation, Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' trip to Asia and Oceania in September will be a trip of religious, economic and social contrasts. Visiting four nations...

VATICAN CITY -- Mary is not a "motionless wax statue," but a disciple who wants to share the good news of Jesus with everyone...

VATICAN CITY -- Seven priests detained by police and paramilitaries in Nicaragua in early August have been exiled to Rome and arrived safely, the...

VATICAN CITY -- As fears of a widening war in the Middle East grew again in early August, Pope Francis pleaded with the region's...

ROME -- The lawyer for the former Vatican employee accused of trying to sell St. Peter's Basilica an allegedly stolen 17th-century manuscript about plans...

ROME -- The Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel and Israel's massive military response in Gaza have led to strong papal pleas for peace...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis reportedly told a young gay man to "keep going" with his vocational search after he told the pope he...