When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to ...

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In his letter to Catholics in the Middle East, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of ...

Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old ...

On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those ...

The pope just announced a new consistory that will take place Dec. 8 appointing 21 new cardinals from around the world.

On the anniversary of Oct. 7, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, I do not want to talk about peace or ...

He told synod members that the possibility of restoring the female diaconate remains an open question, but “rushing to a decision on it would short-circuit the necessary discernment on the question ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one ...