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War & Peace
Don't let discord lead to death, pope says in city of Romeo and Juliet
Pope Francis spent the day in the northern Italian city of Verona, addressing a peace conference, but also meeting priests and religious, children and inmates at a local...
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Pope Francis Appoints Cardinal Tagle as Special Envoy to the National Eucharistic Congress
Cardinal Tagle will celebrate the closing Mass of the 10th National Eucharistic Congress being held July 17-21, 2024, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Vatican
Vatican publishes new norms to discern alleged supernatural phenomena
Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, laid out six possible conclusions that can be reached when discerning a possible...
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Vatican
Pope praises California death penalty moratorium, governor says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told Catholic News Service that Pope Francis was "proud" of the state's efforts to halt use of capital punishment.
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Pope Francis
Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says
In his series of weekly general audience talks on vices and virtues, Pope Francis looked at what Christians mean when they speak of the virtue of love or charity.
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Don't antagonize the elderly, pope says in grandparent's day message
"To set the young against the old is an unacceptable form of manipulation," Pope Francis wrote in his message for World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly.
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U.S. Bishops to Meet June 12-14 in Louisville; Assembly to Be Live Streamed
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will gather for the 2024 Spring Plenary Assembly in Louisville, Kentucky, June 12-14. The public sessions on June...
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Jubilee 2025
Vatican norms for Jubilee indulgence include pilgrimage, penance, service
An indulgence, a remission of the temporal punishment a person is due for their sins, has been a key feature of holy years for centuries. But updated norms for obtaining...
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Pope Francis
Peace in politics, in the world starts in people's hearts, pope says
Pope Francis took part in the World Meeting on Human Fraternity being held in Rome and at the Vatican May 10-11. The meeting brought Nobel laureates, government officials...
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Pope Francis
World's ills rooted in too much greed, not too many babies, pope says
"Human life is not a problem, it is a gift," Pope Francis said at meeting addressing the declining birthrate in Italy. "The problem is not how many of us there are in the...