Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, celebrates a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors accredited ...

St. John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986 at Rome’s main synagogue, believed to be the oldest Jewish community in the ...

While the season of Lent is marked by fasting and abstinence, cooking for a hungry family in this season of prayer and ...

The Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) has issued a legislative alert voicing its concern about a proposed Maryland measure ...

Grounds can range from the more dramatic, like kidnapping (see Canon 1089 of the Code of Canon Law) or marrying under threats ...

Hospitalized since Feb. 14 with bronchitis and difficulty breathing, Pope Francis was later diagnosed with double pneumonia.

Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop emeritus of Washington, delivers opening remarks at the Installation Mass of Cardinal ...

Look. Look for opportunities to sacrifice, to give, to sow compassion or inspire hope. Look around you for those in need: the ...

Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia speaks of hope and resilience in Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing ...

The pope's doctors released no official medical bulletin given that his lab tests and condition continue to remain stable.

Along with the health care workers treating him, the pope – who has been hospitalized for nearly a month – had a small celebration to mark the anniversary of his election, complete with a cake and ...

The Polish prelate, who heads the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is the pope's point man for distributing ...