Conflict and violence in the world will never end if people do not fully understand their responsibility to each other as members of one human family, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Opening the Church’s season of Advent, Pope Francis Sunday celebrated Mass with a crop of new cardinals he elevated yesterday, warning against the temptations of mediocrity and indifference and...
Pope Francis created 13 new cardinals Saturday, including nine cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope and the first African-American cardinal in the history of the United States, Cardinal...
In a new social-media campaign, the Vatican is encouraging young people to be creative is reaching out to the elderly, who constitute an increasing percentage of the lives claimed by the coronavirus...
The Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections. It's now sequestering soon-to-be cardinals in town for this weekend’s ceremony to get their red hats: A...
LEFT: Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in 2012 [U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Released]. RIGHT: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019 [CC BY 2.0/Chris Rank for Rank...
LEFT: ‘Let Us Dream’ book cover. RIGHT: Austin Ivereigh in 2014 [Bohumil Petrik/CNA]. Ivereigh told the Register that while he took an active role in crafting Let Us Dream, the Holy Father was...
Matthias Ranftl [1804-1854], “Madonna and Child with Mark the Evangelist” COMMENTARY: The very roughness and breathless nature of the Gospel of St. Peter’s ‘interpreter’ makes his stories vivid and...
Divisione Produzione Fotografica Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa receives the red hat from Pope Francis on Nov. 28, 2020. COMMENTARY: Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa stood out in a most unusual...
Spencer Platt A woman walks by Pfizer's New York headquarters on Nov. 16 as New York City tries to contain a spike in COVID-19 cases. COMMENTARY: According to the leading bioethicist, in cases of...