Tag: Pope Francis

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...

For plummeting worldwide fertility rates to change course, people must find courage to "do the hard thing" of raising large families, and that courage...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis held up a well-thumbed, camouflage-covered pocket edition of the New Testament and Psalms and a small fabric pouch containing...

VATICAN CITY — For the nearly 10 years that Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI lived on opposite sides of St. Peter's Basilica,...

VATICAN CITY -- Contemplating Christ's passion should inspire Christians to be more patient in the face of their own suffering and trials, Pope Francis...

OSV News recently spoke with Mary Ann Glendon, professor emerita of law at Harvard University and a former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See....

VATICAN CITY -- Young people need to understand how much Christ loves them unconditionally and how much the church needs their voices and presence,...

VATICAN CITY -- Media outlets have a responsibility to share the truth, not spread ideologies, Pope Francis said. The pope told employees of the Italian...

St. Philip Neri once had a penitent confess to indulging in gossip. He advised the contrite soul to bring him a chicken, and to...

VATICAN CITY-- The Catholic Church needs people and pastors capable of walking alongside refugees to respond to the reality of forced migration across the...