In a talk prepared for the confessors in Rome's major basilicas and priests and seminarians attending a Vatican-sponsored course on confessions, Pope Francis focused on...
The Catholic Church "celebrates with faithful love and veneration the sacraments that Christ himself has entrusted to her" and cannot allow priests or other ministers to...
At the Vatican and in Italy, Catholics celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord Jan. 7. Pope Francis, as is customary, began the day by administering the sacrament...
The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in a document approved by Pope Francis, explained the circumstances under which a transgender person could be baptized and...
The Vatican has an office dedicated to collecting statistics from every diocese around the world; the numbers are compiled into a yearbook and include a look at Catholic...
Pope Francis, who has said he goes to confession every two weeks, meets during Lent with priests and those about to be ordained at the end of a Vatican-sponsored course...