Vatican completes sale of controversial London building
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican announced it has completed the sale of a property in London that is at center of a Vatican trial for 10 people, including...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican announced it has completed the sale of a property in London that is at center of a Vatican trial for 10 people, including...
Read MoreLONDON (CNS) -- The Rev. Jonathan Aitken, a former U.K. Cabinet minister, said religious freedom in Hong Kong faces dangerous threats from the Chinese...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Interreligious dialogue is key to preventing "the extremism that, sadly, is a pathology that can appear also in religions," Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis is the first pope to have been ordained to the priesthood after the Second Vatican Council. Unlike his two predecessors,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Christian families are called to embark on a journey of love and service that will lead them to joy and hope for the future, Pope...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Thousands of records detailing requests to the Vatican made by Jewish people persecuted by the Nazis will be made available online...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The Missionaries of Charity have been expelled from Nicaragua, the latest in a series of attacks on the Catholic Church and its ministries...
Read MoreBONN, Germany (CNS) -- For the first time in the history of Germany, less than half the German population registered as members of one of the two large...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis again pleaded for an end to hostilities in Ukraine after missiles struck a shopping center filled with people. "I carry...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The "sense of mystery" and awe Catholics should experience at Mass is not one prompted by Latin or by "creative" elements added to...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like Sts. Peter and Paul, the church must go out to evangelize and not be bound by the chains of routine and spiritual mediocrity...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Whether resting, traveling, working, serving others or going on a retreat, when students use their school breaks well, they are on...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Although he postponed his own trip to Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis has asked Cardinal Pietro Parolin, his secretary of state,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Evangelization efforts must be characterized by zeal to preach the Gospel and obedience to Christ and his church, Pope Francis told...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Two years after posting online a step-by-step guide for how bishops, religious superiors and canon lawyers are supposed to handle...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A truly pro-life celebration of the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade would lead to cooperative efforts to pass...
Read MoreABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria June 19, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (AP) -- Two Jesuit priests have been killed inside a church where a man pursued by gunmen apparently sought refuge in a remote mountainous...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church professes marriage and family life to be a path to holiness -- a daunting concept -- but one that can start with...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Elderly Christians are called to bear witness to the strength that comes from God, especially when moments of frailty and weakness...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Saying "superficial" marriage preparation programs leave many couples at risk of having invalid marriages or unprepared to cope with...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church needs theologians who know how to transmit the truths of faith in a way that will speak to people today, help...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Saying he did not want to add to the suffering of survivors of clerical sexual abuse who criticized his appointment as a cardinal,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Cardinal-designate Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, described as a "tragedy" the tensions...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Donations to the annual Peter's Pence collection, which supports the work of the Roman Curia and funds the charitable activity of...
Read MoreDialogue between young people from Israel and Poland is key to building understanding between the nations, Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yacov Livne told...
Read MoreOn this day 20 years ago, more than 300,000 people crowded into St. Peter's Square as Pope John Paul II canonized St. Pio of Pietrelcina, calling his...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (RNS) -- In an interview published June 8, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga dismissed rumors circulating in the media that the pope...
Read MoreROME (AP) -- Pope Francis has blasted the "ferocity and cruelty" of Russian troops in Ukraine while praising the "heroism" and "courage" of Ukrainians...
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines (CNS) -- Catholic clergy in the Philippines have welcomed an assurance from President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to "work...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Canadian Fra' John T. Dunlap was sworn in the day after Pope Francis appointed him as the new leader of the Knights of Malta. Dunlap,...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis gave the editors of 10 Jesuit magazines a glimpse into how he makes decisions, background on one of his more controversial...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- War produces tremendous poverty, and its violence strikes those who are defenseless and vulnerable, Pope Francis said. "In these...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican's financial watchdog agency said that more financial transactions flagged as suspicious in 2021 than in the previous...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Holy Trinity shows how to be open to others and to be good, generous and gentle, Pope Francis said. "The Trinity teaches us...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Beatifying 10 Polish nuns killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II, it is difficult not to think of the suffering being...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis apologized to the people of Congo and South Sudan for postponing his planned trip to their countries July 2-7. "Dear...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pornography is a danger to public health, and it threatens the dignity of all men and women, Pope Francis said. "The dignity of...
Read MoreCatholics know St. Anthony of Padua as a Franciscan preacher, a doctor of the Church, and the patron of lost things. For the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CAN) -- Under the Code of Canon Law, reformed in 1983, there are two types of consistories of cardinals: ordinary and extraordinary. An...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis expressed his solidarity and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria after gunmen stormed a church and reportedly killed...
Read MoreUnder the Code of Canon Law, reformed in 1983, there are two types of consistories of cardinals: ordinary and extraordinary. An extraordinary consistory...
Read MoreAt least 50 people were killed and others injured Sunday when gunmen attacked worshippers at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria, according to media...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis appealed to world leaders to start "real negotiations" to end to the war on Ukraine and avoid bringing the world to...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Holy Spirit shows everyone where to begin, what paths to take and how to walk the great journey of life, Pope Francis said. "Let...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the Vatican announced Pope Francis would travel to L'Aquila in central Italy Aug. 28 to open a seven-centuries-old celebration...
Read MoreVisitors to Assisi can once again see Blessed Carlo Acutis, the first millennial to be beatified in the Catholic Church, dressed in jeans and tennis shoes...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CAN) -- The consistory for the creation of cardinals on Aug. 27 is a ceremony that seems to mark the end of a pontificate -- though that...
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As Italian bishops debated how to respond to calls for a nationwide investigation into clerical sexual abuse and the way accusations...
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