VATICAN— During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership. “Brothers and ...

Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to ...

Pope Francis smiles at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday ... hopes that ...

"Isn't it interesting that, of all things, the pope would give us, precisely at this moment, an encyclical on the Sacred ...

Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After excavations and DNA tests, the Vatican says they reached a conclusion, but some ...

Praying hands are a commonplace of European art, but for Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera it’s all about the feet of the prayerful. Constellations of soles ...

Former Pennsylvania secretary of state Kathy Boockvar says that while mail-in ballots can't be processed as early as they are ...

As per custom during the week of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day, on Monday 4 November Pope Francis will preside at a Mass in ...

Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried ... He prayed that God would hear people's prayers for their ...

Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several ...

ROME (CNS) — Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of ... He prayed that God would hear people’s prayers for ...