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Biking 600 miles across the United States to raise money for pregnancy centers

The Basement Talks: the pro-abortion and pro-life leaders who met in secret for 6 years

Chefs of Macron, Biden, and other leaders cook for children in the Pope's hospital

They wanted a signed photo of the Pope… and in the end they met with him

22 formerly homeless kids find their home in the Catholic Church

How one doctor uses her vacation to serve children in developing countries

What Francis has done from the Vatican to help migrants

ISIS claims responsibility for German stabbing, Church leaders condemn attack

Speaker of Uganda's Parliament greets the Pope alongside 24 family members

Vatican publishes mini dictionary to confront misinterpretations of end-of-life issues

Miraculously cured from blindness: young woman travels to Rome to thank Our Lady

World Day for Grandparents 2024: “We must care for them year round”

Want to get married in St. Peter's Basilica? All you have to do is ask the pastor

Three relics of Carlo Acutis can be found in Rome

This app tells you when and where Mass is, anywhere in the world

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to families in a suburb of Rome

The streets of Rome fill with the faithful for traditional Corpus Christi procession

Pope Francis closes the World Children's Day with a catechetical homily

Thousands of children imitate the Pope's gesture of peace at first World Children's Day

Pope Francis on Mother's Day: “We pray for mothers who have gone to heaven”

Is now the best time to be a Christian? Here's what a viral YouTuber friar has to say

One young woman's emotional address to the Pope in Indonesia

Vatican senior officials to speak in Spain at international meeting of brotherhood

Pope on universities: their legacy should be to “respond to questions posed to Church today”

Walking miles for peace in the Holy Land

Donations and alms to churches will now be taxed under Nicaraguan dictatorship

WayUpp: the app that shows you parishes and activities in your area

Vatican expels founder of Peruvian movement Sodalitium

Pope reflects on Final Judgement: “The Lord will not ask, how many degrees did you have?”

Riots erupt after brutal stabbing of 3 girls, UK Catholic Church speaks out

Vatican speaks out on controversial Olympics opening ceremony

Two hours alone with the Pope: Spanish seminary celebrates 30 years with Francis

The Pope's latest appointments in the disciplinary section of Vatican doctrinal office

12 children killed while playing on soccer field, Catholic church in Holy Land speaks out

Venezuelan bishops call for verification of vote tallies after elections

Ivy League university to address Diversity, Equity & Inclusion from a Catholic perspective

5,000 scouts gather at camp for the second time in seven years

A different type of trip to Rome: serving the poor alongside prayer & pilgrimage

Eucharistic pilgrimage brings small towns alive throughout the U.S.A.

Pope Francis: “Religions are often instrumentalized to fuel conflicts”

SYNOD: Pope includes exiled Nicaraguan bishop as participant

Holy See-China agreement: China officially recognizes 94-year-old bishop

Pope criticizes new law of Ukrainian Parliament: “Churches shouldn't be touched”

Donations and alms to churches will now be taxed under Nicaraguan dictatorship

The Church has new Blesseds: four martyrs who were killed in the Congo

Nicaraguan dictatorship closes its Caritas and its assets will be transferred to the State

7 more priests released from Nicaragua and sent to Rome

13 priests detained: Nicaraguan Catholics face new wave of persecution

10 years after the Islamic State's genocide in Iraq: Christians return to their land

Priestly ordination in Nicaraguan diocese canceled at last minute

New episodes of religious persecution in Pakistan and Nicaragua

Ukrainian Catholic Church thanks Vatican & Pope for work in releasing priests from Russia

More Christians killed in Nigeria each year than everywhere else in the world combined

How has the Vatican's relationship with China changed over the last 100 years?

This Saturday, a march to break the silence of religious persecution will be held in D.C.

Radio Maria forced to close its bank accounts in Nicaragua

Apple tree in Vatican Gardens memorializes first family to be beatified together

Sri Lanka Easter bombing victims could be on their way to beatification

Vatican at the UN: “Religious freedom is violated in almost one third of countries”

Christians killed attending Mass in Burkina Faso

Is now the best time to be a Christian? Here's what a viral YouTuber friar has to say

Pope Francis challenges friars not to put economic resources at center but people

St. Teresa of Avila's tomb reopened 110 years later: her body remains incorrupt

Addressing priests, Pope Francis remembers John Paul II

Pope reflects on Final Judgement: “The Lord will not ask, how many degrees did you have?”

Airbnbs, hotels and now religious houses are options for pilgrims for the Jubilee of 2025

New E-learning tool will help women religious combat abuse

Religious sisters serenade Pope Francis with a ukelele

Pope asks Discalced Carmelite nuns to find “new languages” and to be faithful to charism

Beatification process advances for founder of Communion and Liberation Fraternity

Pope Francis warns against neglecting interior life & adapting to worldly lifestyle

A Spanish cardinal serving in Panama disappears

How the World Day of Consecrated Life will be celebrated at the Vatican

Nuns kidnapped in Haiti released after almost one week

The Face of the Faceless: the film about Sr. Rani Maria, an Indian martyr killed in 1995

Pope Francis reflects on example of a Spanish mystic to whom kings asked for advice

Three priorities to be discussed during the month-long Synod in Rome

Missionaries: Building bridges where no one else wants to help

American priest named by pope to bring mercy, forgiveness to the world

Jesuit's Superior General: Adolfo Nicolás is an example of a person who spends for others

22 formerly homeless kids find their home in the Catholic Church

Priestly ordination in Nicaraguan diocese canceled at last minute

U.S. Archdiocese welcomes largest class of priestly ordinations in almost 2 decades

T-1 day until the U.S. launches its first Eucharistic Congress in 83 years

Want to get married in St. Peter's Basilica? All you have to do is ask the pastor

Doctrine of the Faith summons former U.S. nuncio to testify on charges of schism

Pope Francis calls for fraternity as solution to priestly loneliness

Pope Francis presides over Corpus Christi Mass at St. John Lateran seven years later

The streets of Rome fill with the faithful for traditional Corpus Christi procession

Pope Francis: “A liturgy without the union of man with God is an absurdity”

Australian bishops approve new liturgy for indigenous peoples

Rome says goodbye to its Vicar General, still without a replacement

France breaks record for number of baptisms: 12,000 during Easter Vigil

Pope Francis consecrates chrism oil to be used for adult baptisms at Easter Vigil Mass

Holy Thursday: Pope Francis delivers homily to 1,500+ priests

What would it be like to have Pope Francis as a spiritual director?

6,500-mile Eucharistic pilgrimage marks historic moment for Church in the U.S.

What is it like to have Pope Francis come to your parish?

Pope Francis will hear confessions in a parish in Rome this Friday

Pope Francis says today “the ugliest danger is gender ideology”

Pope Francis canonizes the "Martyrs of Damascus"

Pope Francis remembers Blessed Popiełuszko, murdered by the Soviet regime

The Pope and Francis of Assisi, the saint after whom he was named

Pope beatifies Anne of Jesus, disciple of St. Teresa of Avila

St. Teresa of Avila's tomb reopened 110 years later: her body remains incorrupt

110 years after his death, Pope Pius X is one of the greatest reformers in Church history

One man risks life to save Eucharist and 1,000 relics during typhoon

Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe: a martyr who offered his life for a stranger at Auschwitz

The night of St. Lawrence: the August 10 Italian tradition

July closes with celebration of St. Ignatius of Loyola: the founder of the Jesuits

Relics of St. Jude Thaddeus will travel from Rome to Mexico

Three relics of Carlo Acutis can be found in Rome

No date announced for the canonization of Carlo Acutis

Pope Francis prays before the remains of St. Peter

3 main points from the Vatican's new document on the Bishop of Rome

Carlo Acutis to be declared a saint

Foundation reveals unpublished photos of St. Padre Pio

Beatification process advances for founder of Communion and Liberation Fraternity

Pope celebrates anniversary of St. Francis receiving Jesus' wounds with friars

16 martyrs killed by Nazi and Soviet regimes are on the road to sainthood

Francis prays a rosary to Our Lady in Santa Maria Maggiore to ask for an end to the war

Vatican gives green light on Medjugorje—but urges caution

Vatican doctrinal office: 7 rulings on Marian apparitions since May

Pope Francis prays for victims of fire that devastated almost 10,000 acres in Greece

The Assumption of Mary: the most recent dogma of the Catholic Church

“Peace is true and lasting only if it comes from repentant and forgiven hearts”

Rome celebrates traditional miracle of the snow with the Pope present

Pope Francis to join in ancient Roman tradition of miracle of snow

Doctrine of the Faith reveals Paul VI's “no” to the Marian apparitions in Amsterdam

What is the Salus Populi Romani? The story of the patroness of Rome

Pope Francis on Mother's Day: “We pray for mothers who have gone to heaven”

Doctrine of the Faith to publish new norms for apparitions and supernatural phenomena

“1 million roses to Mary”: the digital prayer campaign for the month of May

Musical of Marian apparitions in Lourdes travels to the Eternal City

Little pieces of Mexican culture line road leading up to the Vatican

Mass of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Vatican unites people from all over the world

Why does Pope Francis want to be buried in St. Mary Major and not in the Vatican?

Pope Francis reveals he will not be buried at the Vatican but at Basilica of St. Mary Major

Traditional song played for Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Vatican

"The message of Guadalupe cannot be used for ideologies or to make money"

Female Diaconate: Pope Francis asks not to "dwell too much" on this question

Biking 600 miles across the United States to raise money for pregnancy centers

The Basement Talks: the pro-abortion and pro-life leaders who met in secret for 6 years

SYNOD: Pope includes exiled Nicaraguan bishop as participant

Queen of Belgium wears white to greet Pope Francis

St. Teresa of Avila's tomb reopened 110 years later: her body remains incorrupt

Speaker of Uganda's Parliament greets the Pope alongside 24 family members

One gold medalist's first stop after the Olympics is to the Vatican

Here's what was discussed at the Pope's latest meeting with the Council of Cardinals

Pope Francis on Mother's Day: “We pray for mothers who have gone to heaven”

Female deacons: “The Pope wants to listen, but is in no hurry to make decisions”

Pope asks Discalced Carmelite nuns to find “new languages” and to be faithful to charism

Pope Francis keeps bringing up the role of women in the Church to the cardinals

Vatican gives resounding no to gender ideology, sex change and surrogacy

Pope says everyone should work for “concrete recognition of the equal dignity of women”

More women named into leadership for this Vatican organization

Pope Francis: “The female contribution is more indispensable than ever”

This center helped more than 1,000 pregnant girls who were victims of sexual abuse

520th anniversary of the funeral of late Spanish Queen celebrated in Rome

Inmates call her “mother”: meet the nun who cares for female prisoners in Chile