Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event of the ...

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a ...

The women meet all the requirements except one: they're not men. As deacons, they could preach at Mass and preside over baptisms, weddings and funerals.

A Vatican report on women deacons published last week said that women could not be admitted to the diaconate “understood as a ...

An interpreter broke down in tears while translating an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy’s testimony about his mother’s death in a ...

Pope Leo XIV marked the popular Marian feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe by asking that Mary to intercede in the effort to ...

In fact, the Wikimedia Foundation announced Dec. 2 that "Deaths in 2025" -- an entry that includes Pope Francis -- was their ...

In a time marked by increased conflict and division, we need authentic testimonies of human kindness and charity to remind us ...

According to a report by Vatican News, the meeting opened with Hong Kong’s Cardinal Stephen Chow describing AI as a “gift ...

The recent UN climate conference in Brazil, COP30, exposed deep divisions over the best ways to protect us from the worsening ...

"Our relatives are finally home. For First Nations, these are not only artifacts. They are sacred, living items," National ...