A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the ...

Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the ...

The close of the special jubilee for communicators provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of this document.

Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum for the end of the year, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 31 December 2024. (Photo by EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI /MaxPPP) Seated in a chair at ...

In this area’s matrilineal culture, women have taken on new responsibilities in Catholic churches in the region, acting as ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The new autobiography of Pope Francis, co-written with the Italian journalist Carlo Musso, was released on ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting pontiff to publish his memoirs since the 15th century. Pope Francis' autobiography, Hope, reaches ...

In an historic first for the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has appointed Sister Simona Brambilla as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Her ...

The pope, who now often uses a wheelchair due to knee and back pain, says: “The Church is governed using the head and the heart, not the legs.” Francis, originally from Argentina and the first ...

Not even the Pope can resist the temptation. So this month Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church, goes where other pontiffs have not. Hope ...

According to O'Malley, Pope Francis isn't about to launch a revolution ... They'll never hear a sermon on homosexuality or gay marriage. They'll never hear a sermon about contraception.