"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this ...

U.S. bishops have stepped gingerly into a disagreement with the Catholic vice president, which follows previous conflict ...

"In commending the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of Almighty God, I offer my deepest sympathies to the families ...

U.S. Catholic bishops – joined by Pope Francis – are calling for prayer after a deadly aviation crash in the nation’s capital ...

In the words of Pope Francis, there’s reason to hope the best days are still to come, but it’s not an exaggeration to say the ...

The faith of the Orthodox community of Albania was certainly embodied in the life of our dear brother,” the pope said in his ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

A UNITED STATES-BASED watchdog on Wednesday launched an online database on more than 80 Roman Catholic priests who have been accused of sexually abusing minors in the Philippines and said the silence ...

It has come as a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a newlywed couple, with three young children between them, after a new internal bank regulation went into effect barring ...

An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for saying Pope Francis is not the real pope ...

Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. And he has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity.

Templars Today, a private association of lay faithful, signed an agreement with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization to ...