The Pope used the occasion to continue Pope John Paul II’s Advent tradition of blessing statues of the child Jesus to be ...

Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day.

The image was surreal. There, in the run-up to Christmas, a baby Jesus reclined on the floor of a manger. Instead of the ...

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning ...

Christmas Eve will see the start of the Catholic Jubilee Year 2025 with the theme "Pilgrims of Hope", chosen by Pope Francis to promote peacebuilding in a world threatened by climate change and ...

Rewriting history that Jesus wasn’t a Jewish resident of the Jewish country of Judea but rather a Palestinian man who was ...

Foreign Ministry calls remarks 'disappointing,' 'disconnected' from reality in latest tensions between Jerusalem and the Holy ...

This year, Francis returned to gossip, which he has identified as the root of much evil in the church. In a major 2018 Vatican document, Francis said that those who spread gossip “are really the ...

Strong quake strikes off battered Vanuatu A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu early on Dec 22, the US ...

It was a true holiday gift this week to see an opinion piece in The New York Times by Pope Francis. In a short essay adapted ...

Pope Francis recently reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s mission to be a home for everyone, especially for migrants navigating life in foreign lands. Speaking to a Filipino community living in Spain ...

Pope Francis has told Vatican bureaucrats to stop speaking ill of one another. A wheezing and congested sounding Francis ...