Pope Francis on Thursday said he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the ...

Facing a swath of scandals involving lay founders and other individuals who have committed abuse under the guise of false ...

Pope Francis referred to St. Paul VI's affirmation that the "rupture between the Gospel and culture is the tragedy of our age ...

(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Pope Francis has published a new encyclical. His fourth major work, Dilexit nos (“He loved us”), is an encyclical on the human and divine love of the Sacred Heart of ...

At a Vatican news conference presenting the encyclical Oct. 24, Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy, said the document is a “compendium” and the “key” to understanding Pope Francis’ ...

Explore the ecumenical dialogue initiated by the Catholic Church post-Vatican II, focusing on the challenges of papal primacy ...

Cardinal Pierre said Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart ... “This Synod on Synodality was never about ...

The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdioces ...

Saying that the synod was never about "completing a to-do list" or "certain outcomes," he said ... t been -- I would share ...

In his new encyclical Dilexit Nos on the divine and human love of the heart of Jesus, Pope Francis wrote “we are in a world where everything is bought and sold, people’s sense of their worth ...

who will formally be made cardinals on December 7 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is adding another name to the list of Catholic prelates he will appoint as cardinals in December, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis is adding another name to the list of Catholic prelates he will appoint as cardinals in December, the Vatican said on Monday. Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, 61, is based in Italy's ...