Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Any Catholic who participates in the celebration July 28 of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly can receive a...

My 3-year-old granddaughter was on a beach weekend. When the ice cream wagon made its trek across the sand, her parents allowed her a...

VATICAN CITY -- Catholics are called to be active participants in political life and be a force against the decline of democracy worldwide, Pope...

VATICAN CITY -- Heaven is not a secure vault protected from outsiders but a "hidden treasure" that is reached by cultivating virtues, Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis expressed his concern that Christians fleeing the Holy Land and the whole of the Middle East will leave no...

VATICAN CITY -- While Christians must treat addicts with care and comprehension, drug traffickers who push their products on the vulnerable are "murderers" who...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Father Scott E. Bullock, pastor of St. Edward Parish in Waterloo, Iowa, as bishop of Rapid City, South...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called on world leaders to avoid any actions or words that could fuel current conflicts and instead to push...

VATICAN CITY -- There are no compromises when it comes to human life, Pope Francis said. "Go forward with courage despite every adversity," he said...

VATICAN CITY -- Jesus Christ is the heart of ecumenism, Pope Francis told leaders and representatives of the Lutheran World Federation. "He is divine mercy...