The pope has closely followed the response of U.S. prelates to the president's attacks on migrants and he expects them to offer a united front in opposing mass deportation.

The Vatican has authorized the first LGBT Christian pilgrimage to Rome on September 6th  during the Jubilee of 2025.

Pope Francis on Tuesday appointed Bishop Edward Weisenburger, 64, as the archbishop-elect to succeed 76-year-old Archbishop ...

Since it became independent in 1929, Vatican City has been the world’s smallest state. Every evening the gates close, leaving ...

The liturgical Feast of Christ the King honors the kingly dignity of Jesus Christ and was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Mary's royal dignity is parallel, although subordinate, and the Feast of ...

Benito Mussolini premier of Italy, representing King Victor Emmanuel III, and Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, representing Pope Pius XI, signed the historic documents precisely ...

But the Nazis quickly violated its articles. In Lent 1937 Pope Pius XI issued the encyclical "Mit brennender Sorge" (With burning sorrow) with the help of German bishops and Cardinal Pacelli ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

The Church has a moral duty to denounce oppression and abuse of human rights. Indeed, the church has been condemned in the ...

Last of three parts WE conclude the series of excerpts from "Mga Ibong Mandaragit," the novel of National Artist Amado V.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...