Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The original statue of Our Lady of Fatima will make a rare journey from its shrine in Portugal to Rome...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' condition showed "further slight improvement" in the previous 24 hours, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin Feb....

VATICAN CITY  -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves," Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Evangelizing through culture is a challenge for the church, especially in societies where faith is seen as "something alien," participants said...

VATICAN CITY -- Catholics cannot confine their faith to the liturgy but must fully engage and dialogue with the culture that surrounds them, said...

VATICAN CITY  -- The church must welcome young people and embrace their desires and doubts to bring them closer to Jesus and ultimately open...

VATICAN CITY -- "Blessed are those who have not lost hope" is the theme for the fifth World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly...

VATICAN CITY -- Church communications cannot exist in an "enclosure" in which Catholics merely talk among themselves and do not engage with the outside...

VATICAN CITY -- People and institutions can protect children by changing what they buy and what they invest in, Pope Francis said. "Fighting exploitation, particularly...

VATICAN CITY -- The Catholic Church must create spaces where marginalized individuals -- including young people, the elderly and those with disabilities -- can...