Pope Francis is going without supplemental oxygen for longer periods and is continuing therapy to recover his voice and to recover his physical strength, the Vatican press office said, but he also is ...

Two popes who played instrumental roles in building the world's largest church now gaze at one another with renewed clarity in the apse of St. Peter's Basilica.

Catholic faithful do not "buy" Masses, but when a priest accepts an offering and promises to celebrate a Mass for that person's loved one or other special intention he must do so, the Vatican said.

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord commenced outdoors, as Bishop Michael F. Burbidge blessed the palm leaves beneath the ...

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside ...

A new study from the United Kingdom has found that among members of Gen Z in the U.K., Catholics now outnumber Anglicans 2 to ...

But when the George Mason University adjunct professor volunteered to help with the Catholic women’s ministry at the Fairfax ...

Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of three blesseds: an Armenian Catholic archbishop martyred during the ...

The first five minutes of the Pixar movie “Up” consists of a series of bittersweet scenes in the life of Ellie and Carl as ...

After hoping for a first child and getting a positive pregnancy test, Abigail Kasinski couldn’t wait to tell her family the ...

Lugo is one of thousands of elderly men and women around the world who have found a home with the Little Sisters of the Poor, ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...