Tag: Pope Francis

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...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has not accepted an invitation to travel to Moscow in June to meet with Vladimir Putin, the director of...

ROME -- At the request of Pope Francis, three Jesuit-run institutions of higher learning in Rome -- the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Biblical...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis called for the release of two religious brothers, members of the Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart,...

WASHINGTON -- Synodality is a key theme of Pope Francis' pontificate and its importance to the church's mission can be seen in the American...