The Vatican is highlighting the plight of maritime workers during the pandemic, saying bans on shore leave are severely stressing crews stuck aboard ship, some to the point of suicide.
Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been appointed by Pope Francis to a Vatican advisory panel, the Holy See said on Friday.
Pope Francis has sent a short video to a group of priests serving in Argentina's slums ensuring them of his prayers for three members of the community who are currently infected with the COVID-19...
The international community must increase its efforts to help protect the lives of refugees, who are often exploited instead of being protected, a Vatican official said.
By John Grondelski | For the next three Sundays, the Church’s Gospel will tap Chapter 13 of St. Matthew, which contains five parables about the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matthew, as a devout Jew, prefers...
By Susanna Spencer | They passed each other on a bridge one spring day — a distinguished, reserved, hardworking watchmaker who had tried and failed to become a monk and a lovely, intelligent...
By Catholic News Agency | OCALA, Fl. — A Florida man has been arrested after he reportedly admitted to crashing a minivan into a Catholic Church and then setting it on fire. Stephen Anthony...
By Catholic News Agency | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis expressed his sadness Sunday after Turkey’s decision to convert the former Byzantine cathedral of Hagia Sophia back into a mosque. In...
By Michael Warsaw | Religious liberty has won the day, at least for now. In two separate 7-2 decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has affirmed the rights of religious schools to govern themselves...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Chaz Muth By Julie Asher WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A prohibition by some U.S. Navy commands against active service members participating in off-base indoor religious services over...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) -- An international virtual pilgrimage to the sanctuary of Lourdes, France, will "affirm the power of prayer" against...
IMAGE: CNS photo/courtesy Pope John XXIII hospital By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) -- Staff at the Pope John XXIII hospital in Bergamo -- once the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy -- announced...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz By NEW YORK (CNS) - Twenty schools in the Archdiocese of New York will not reopen in the fall because of the financial fallout caused by the novel coronavirus...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Thibaud Moritz, JMP/ABACAPRESS.COM via Reuters By Carol Glatz ROME (CNS) -- Despite ongoing and unpredictable travel restrictions, there are still a number of important sites...