Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis...

A new study of U.S. Catholics suggests that Mass attendance and political affiliation are associated with their views of Pope Francis and Catholic teaching...

SYDNEY -- The joy of Eastertide has turned to shock and bewilderment across Sydney's Catholic community in the wake of a deadly knife attack...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is planning to make the longest trip of his papacy in September, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and...

VATICAN CITY -- Today's "throwaway culture," driven by "profit, efficiency and success," marginalizes people with disabilities and threatens their God-given dignity, Pope Francis said. Using...

ROME -- The success of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will much depend on also including parish priests in the process, said Cardinal...

ROME -- A judge in Argentina ruled that two bishops and two priests were liable for gender-based discrimination and violence toward a group of...

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter J. Jugis, 67, from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina, for...

ROME -- A broad cultural shift is needed to recognize surrogacy is not a "right" but a violation of human dignity and of the...

ROME -- Pope Francis expressed his condolences to the people of Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck the island nation's eastern shore. In a message...