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

Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, Pope Francis nevertheless blessed the baby Jesus figurines children and ad ...

The cardinals, bishops, priests, religious and laypeople who work in the Roman Curia are called to spread the blessings of God, but they cannot do that if they habitually speak i ...

Several hundred people gathered at Magdeburg Cathedral in the evening of Dec. 21 for an ecumenical prayer service to remember the victims of the Dec. 20 Christmas mark ...

Israel's minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to ...

As many as 3,000 Catholic school children from poor families in the Philippines made their pop music debut in a new Christmas ...

Each Christmas, the people in our parishes have an opportunity to make a gift that supports those who are building up the ...

A contentious Ten Commandments tablet has sold at Sotheby's for $5.04 million -- more than twice its high estimate of $2 ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of CatholicVote, as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

Pope Francis called on Catholics to focus their Holy Year 2025 pilgrimages on Jesus Christ, who is both the path and ...

The command to rejoice this Sunday flows from communion and the truth of God's personal love for us and for creation. The ...

Police in Madison, Wisconsin, said they are investigating a mass shooting at that city's Abundant Life Christian School Dec.