We keep things in discreet categories in our culture. Religion too often remains within the church's walls, kept apart from the forces that drive society. That's a large reason why we have secular ...

A: The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a Jubi ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, preaches at Mass in the Basilica of the Annunciation at the inauguration of the Jubilee Year in the Holy Land on De ...

A passenger plane arriving from Bangkok exploded after skidding off the runway at a South Korean airport in Muan Dec. 29, crashing into a concrete fence and claiming th ...

Offering his condolences, Pope Francis praised former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Christian faith and his lifelong mission to advance peace. The pope ...

The Holy Family, though made up of saints and God incarnate, faced real challenges and offers a model for navigating the ...

In a dark sign of descending security in Africa's most populous country, a Catholic priest has been shot dead on the open road in southeast Nigeria on Boxing Day. Accord ...

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

God wants to save each and every person, and Christians are called to give witness to that fact by praying even for people who have harmed them, Pope Francis said. Marking the f ...

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its thres ...

In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a ...

Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope and the courage to work for peace and justice.