Salesian Sister Alessandra Smerilli, secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, is pictured meeting ...

Archbishop Caccia pointed to Pope Francis’ very first encyclical — issued in 2013 not long after his election as the 266th ...

"Be Welcoming," a bronze sculpture of a traveler by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz, is seen in St. Peter's Square at ...

Cardinals line the aisle as pallbearers carry the casket of Pope Francis into St. Peter's Basilica at the conclusion of ...

Pope Francis recognized May 23, 2024, the second miracle needed for the canonization of Italian Blessed Carlo Acutis, who ...

ROME (CNS) — The casket bearing the body of Pope Francis made its final journey through the streets of Rome accompanied by ...

People touch a balloon with a picture of Pope Francis outside the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral in Argentina April 26, ...

The Catholic Home Missions Appeal will be collected across the United States the weekend of April 26-27. Last year, the ...

Police officers work at the scene in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 27, 2025, after a vehicle drove into a crowd ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, leads the fifth general congregation meeting of cardinals in ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin talks to young people in St. Peter’s Square about Pope Francis’ teaching on mercy.

With the passing of Pope Francis, the world now turns its attention to two of the most extraordinary events in both religious ...