Further reading: Syria: Pope Francis expresses concern ... Nabil laments seeing Syria, the “cradle of Christianity,” empty of its Christian population. He notes that those leaving are often ...

Opening the Holy Door of the oldest Marian shrine in the Western world, Cardinal Rolando Makrickas prayed that the world ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to ...

Pope Francis ushered in the New Year with an appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a "firm commitment" to ...

Pope Francis called for the protection of life at New Year’s Day Mass on Wednesday, offering a seemingly anti-abortion ...

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours ...

President Joe Biden changed the sentences of 37 death row inmates to life without parole, saying “we must stop the use of the ...

Pope Francis will conduct this Sunday's Angelus prayer remotely and not from a window in the Vatican because he has come down with a cold, his press office said Saturday.

The rite of opening the Holy Doors of the main basilicas of Rome to inaugurate the 2025 Jubilee Year is perhaps one of the ...

We acknowledge that Pope Francis has chosen a man who possesses the heart of the Good Shepherd and will serve the people of ...