Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

The Catholic Church of the Baptism of Christ, with the onion-domed Russian Pilgrims’ House in the background, is seen at the Al-Maghtas site on the eastern bank of the Jordan. (photo: Repina ...

“Today, each of you parents and the Church herself give the greatest, greatest gift: the gift of faith to children,” Pope Francis told families.

The population of Gaza is one of the youngest in the world. Here's why, what it means for this war, and what it means for the future.

More than 60,000 pilgrims from 120 countries will be in Rome this weekend to participate in the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly.

Enslaved people have been largely left out of the origin story traditionally told about the emergence of Catholicism in the United States.

A new ruling by the Vatican’s doctrine department has opened the door to Catholic baptism for transgender people and babies of same-sex couples.

The Educational Choice for Children Act in Congress would model Florida’s successful school-choice program, boosting Catholic schoools, which have proven records of success.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top papal respresentative in Jerusalem, said he'll do "anything" to bring "those children back home" from Gaza.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an ...

For two decades, the Vatican forced Italian unwed mothers to give up their babies for adoption to American Catholic couples. A new book reveals how adoptees and their birth families are fighting ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of ...