However, he has declined an invitation to Paris to attend the reopening of Notre-Dame a week before, which has irritated the ...

The Plenary Assembly of the French Bishops' Conference concluded November 10. The surprising announcement of Pope Francis' ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said Sunday he hoped the annual climate summit known as COP29, which starts Monday in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, would contribute effectively to environmental protection.

Pope Francis’ personal travel agent — the priest who organizes his trips around the world — is one of the 21 clerics who will ...

The Vatican's axe on Latin celebrations, banned by Pope Francis with the Motu Proprio Traditionis Custodes three years ago, ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

St. John Lateran's facade bears the Latin inscription of "Mother and Head of all the Churches in the City and the World." ...

Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian ... before the Protestant Reformation in 1517, the first ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...

Pope Francis addresses those in attendance at the closing Mass of the Synod on Synoadlity ... and nearly five years since ...

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.

The synod concluded without movement on the question of women deacons, but kept the issue open. That was frustrating to advocates but also has helped some remain hopeful.