Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

ANALYSIS: Here are four important takeaways from the bishops’ most recent gathering in ‘America’s Premier See.’ ...

Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope ...

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.

He said Pope Francis’ encyclical is a reminder that the heart is capable ... and to prolong the positive effects of the first ...

Senior Eden Wheeler is finally back in form following ankle surgery in the spring. Her return further strengthens a ...

Online visitors can navigate the Vatican basilica’s mosaics, the cupola, the underground necropolis and Peter’s tomb. A ...

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Catholic, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for the key post of U.S. secretary of state.

1274), Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) and Bernard of Clairvaux (d. 1153). Pope Leo XIII dedicated the whole world to the Sacred ...

For over 40 years, six people from Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, have claimed to see and speak with the ...