Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

At the general audience, the pontiff continued the cycle of catechesis on the Holy Spirit and his ‘bride’, the Church. The ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, an openness that allowed her to ...

The relic dispayed just above the tomb of St. Peter will be accessible for public viewing until Dec. 8, the solemnity of the ...

The Roman basilica of St. John Lateran marks the 1,700th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 9. It’s a feast day ...

Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...

(Vatican Media) Elections, such as the recent contest between ... the Council of Ephesus and specifically its endorsement of ...

The “Poor, meek, merciful, hungry and thirsty for justice, peacemakers [. . .] are incapable of remaining indifferent to the ...

Seventy-four years ago, when the Catholic Church announced that, on November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII would be proclaiming the Assumption of Mary, Mother of God, into Heaven, Body and Soul as dogma ...

Novelist Dan Brown has peered often into the behind-the-scenes world of Roman Catholicism, including with “The Da Vinci Code” ...