Doctors have prescribed “absolute rest” for Pope Francis to help him recover from a respiratory tract infection.

Rome – Doctors on Saturday prescribed “absolute rest” for Pope Francis and modified the treatment for his respiratory tract ...

A Kentucky-based priest got Pope Francis to sign two rare bottles or bourbon that he could auction off for charitable causes.

Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might surprise you.

Planning a trip to Italy this year? You’re likely going to have to consider your plans a bit more than in previous years, as this one’s special: it’s the Jubilee Year, a Roman Catholic religious event ...

Valentine’s Day is one of the world’s most commercialised religious holidays – second only perhaps to Christmas. Originally ...

WHAT DOES VALENTINE’S DAY MEAN? It is one of the oldest holidays in the calendar and celebrated all over the world. What is ...

which sits alongside dicasteries for the Causes for Saints and the Discipline of Sacraments in the shadowy Roman curia, and monitors schools and universities to make sure they are Catholic enough.

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Combine that with the Christian church trying to, how shall we say, moderate the rather erotic activities of a Roman celebration ... makes the day second only to Christmas for the sending of ...

While this is the time of year for fun prop bets, gameday meals and Super Bowl squares, it is also the time to research Roman numerals. Every NFL game during the regular season is referred to by the ...

The pontiff addressed the topic of marriage’s indissolubility, or permanence, in a meeting with members of the Roman Rota ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency’s senior Vatican ...