DALLAS — In 1964, Pope Paul VI made history by becoming the first Pope to use a commercial airliner for an official visit. The Vatican chartered a Douglas DC-8. The now-defunct Alitalia operated the ...

On Christmas Day, Pope Francis delivered his traditional Urbi et Orbi address and blessing in Vatican City, urging ...

China's Ministry of Commerce Thursday targeted dozens of American companies for punitive trade actions as U.S.-China tensions ...

On the Feast of the Holy Family the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome invites us to pray especially for those families ...

The Pope on Tuesday celebrated the inauguration of the Jubilee Year by symbolically opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS ... to silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions!" Prior to offering his blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world), the pope prayed for various countries grappling ...

On Christmas Eve, the Holy Father knocked on a normally sealed (with bricks) door in St. Peter’s Basilica and gave it a push.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, ...

In his Christmas blessing, Pope Francis urged people and nations to take a transformative step toward peace and ...

Pope Francis has long made prison ministry an important part of his priestly vocation and has visited Rebibbia often since ...

Prior to offering his blessing "urbi et orbi," Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine, the Holy Land, Lebanon and Syria, and in ...