Let us not be afraid to throw open bright windows of closeness to those who are suffering, of forgiveness, of compassion, and ...

Cardinal Baldassare Reina emphasized three fundamental aspects of episcopal ministry while emphasizing that episcopacy is ...

Pope Francis has declared 2025 to be a Jubilee year for the Catholic Church. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Claire Giangravé from the Religion News Service about the tradition.

I declared a mounting crisis in Jewish/Catholic relations the most under-covered Vatican story of 2025. Early indications are ...

Richard Gagnon is retiring as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Winnipeg 11 years after arriving in the city. Gagnon — the ...

Roxane Salonen writes that jubilee years are celebrated every 25 years by the Catholic Church worldwide, and who couldn’t use a little hope about now?

Shigemi Fukahori, a Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor who spent his life advocating for peace and disarmament, passed away in Nagasaki at 93. After years of silence, he began speaking out, sharing his ...

As had already happened during the Immaculate Conception rite in Piazza di Spagna on December 8th, when two animal rights ...

I thought I was done with this subject for a while. Two weeks ago, I wrote a scathing column denouncing Pope Francis for ...

The holy door at Saint Paul's Outside the Walls was opened on Sunday by the Rome basilica's archpriest, Cardinal James Michael Harvey. It is the fifth and final holy door to be opened in the Italian ...

Reflecting on the Prologue of John’s Gospel, the Pope reminded the faithful that Jesus, the Word Incarnate, is ‘the light ...

Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday.