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Iranian cleric pleads with Pope Francis to help end U.S. sanctions,...
VATICAN CITY -- Citing the increasing loss of lives to COVID-19 and a lack of medical resources, an Iranian cleric has urged Pope Francis...
Using the Coronavirus for good: CUA professor Andreas Widmer shares his...
ROME -- Looking on the "bright side" or seeking the "silver lining" of something like a lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus...
WATCH: Pope Francis prays for coronavirus victims, workers who sacrificed their...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked people to pray for all victims of COVID-19, including the health care workers who sacrificed their lives caring...
Celebrating Easter at home is an ‘opportunity for faith,’ Vatican official...
VATICAN CITY -- With the prospect of trying to celebrate Easter without a large parish or Vatican liturgies, Catholics still can turn a tragic...
‘He was a great,’ Pope Francis says of St. John Paul...
VATICAN CITY -- St. John Paul II taught the world that truly great faith and holiness dwell in "the normality of a person who...
Pope Francis says, hospitality is important in promoting all around Christian...
VATICAN CITY-- Showing hospitality makes a person a better human being and a better Christian and is an important part of promoting Christian unity,...
Put the phone away and communicate with each other, Pope Francis...
VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis prayed that people all over the world would end 2019 "in peace, peace in their hearts," and that families would...
Rehoboth Beach town officials violate First Amendment with ban of festive...
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.-- City officials in Rehoboth Beach are violating a Catholic group's constitutional right to free exercise of religion by banning its Nativity...
Pope Francis commemorates 50 years as priest by presenting writings of...
ROME -- As part of the celebrations for his 50th anniversary of priesthood, Pope Francis chose to personally present a multi-volume collection of writings...
Pope Francis prays for Albania after earthquake leaves dozens dead
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis led prayers for the people of Albania after the country was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake.
"I would like...