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.

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

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

The long-awaited and elusive ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has silenced bombs and halted air raids on the Gaza Strip, ...

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey of faith and repentance. For some, that ...

In 1937, Pope Pius XI wrote that the Catholic Church “never places limits to the rights of individuals or nations to develop according to their ethnic characteristics.” The Pontiff’s ...