The proclamation of the common faith requires, first of all, that we love one another,” the Holy Father said in a Feb. 6 ...

The Sisters of Mercy who staff the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican greet visitors and hand out tickets to ...

Future confessors will be taught to have mercy on everybody at the first Pastoral course on forgiveness scheduled to take ...

Pope Francis is suffering from bronchitis but plans to maintain his scheduled appointments in the coming days, the Vatican ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic Church celebrates a special Jubilee year, which takes place every quarter of ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world ...

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered for his ... To continue Jesus’ “ministry of hope for humanity,” the Holy Father said each Catholic must first develop “a mature faith in Christ ...

Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly is urging Catholic voters in Washington state to oppose a proposed law that would order priests to violate the seal of confession in cases where child abuse is revealed ...

As the Catholics world marked the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis has urged Catholics and people of goodwill to do everything possible to combat the ...

An ex-seminarian said abuse victims need press coverage and even the Pope’s intervention for the Spanish Church to ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he is suffering from a "strong cold", and asked an aide to read his prepared message for his weekly general audience at the Vatican.