Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...

"Pope Francis went on to say that his heart is close to all the people who inhabit the Holy Land, which includes Israelis and ...

The Dicastery for the Eastern Churches has prepared a pastoral guide for the 2025 Jubilee of the Eastern Churches to be ...

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the executive administration of the tiny Vatican City state.

Pope Francis has named Indian Cardinal George J. Koovakad to be the new prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

COMMENTARY: The newly retired Church leader’s greatest contribution was his work as the principal drafter/editor of the ...

Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the eighth Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Daniel Nicholas DiNardo, on Monday, ...

In an early-morning announcement, the Vatican on Monday said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the metropolitan archbishop of Galveston-Houston for more than 19 ...

Following that of the Pope, the title of cardinal is the highest dignity in the Catholic Church which was ... cardinals are created by a decree of the Roman Pontiff and chosen to serve as his ...

Pope Francis opening a Holy Door at Rebibbia Penitentiary on Saint Stephen day in Rome as part of the Catholic Jubilee Year ... the world,” the 88-year-old Roman pontiff had opened the first ...

Further reading: Jubilee 2025: Pope Francis’ moving visit to a Roman prison “Christ Jesus ... his statement comes shortly after Catholic President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 ...

The pontiff noted that this year marks 80 years since the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp.