Pope Francis on Tuesday paid a home visit to Emma Bonino, a veteran politician who successfully campaigned in the 1970s to legalise abortion in Italy, bringing her a bouquet of roses and chocolates.

By bringing different theologies into conversation with one another, Francis’ approach fosters openness to all, which leads ...

Pope Francis, your encyclical on the Sacred Heart, “Dilexit Nos,” is beautiful and heartwarming. And for Catholics in the United States, the timing was perfect.

By offering the best practices to implement, the Synod just made decisions that correspond as closely as possible to God’s ...

China and the Vatican recently renewed their agreement on bishop appointments, this time for four years. What does that mean for the Catholic Church in China – and for Taiwan?

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

Pope Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at the Laurentino cemetery in Rome’s southern outskirts on Saturday.

Upon arrival, Francis laid white roses on a memorial stone marking the Garden of Angels and silently prayed for several ...

The diocesan tribunal will conclude its inquiry into the life, virtues, and holiness of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, with a ...

ROME — With some 50 other women, pastoral worker Estela Padilla broke one of the hardest glass ceilings at the Vatican.

Cardinal Renato Martino, the former Vatican observer at the United Nations and former president of the pontifical councils ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — As a sprawling liability case takes shape following the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, the owner and manager of the container ship Dali are seeking ...