John XXIII, the pope who initiated the council in 1962, described it as an aggiornamento, a ‘bringing up to date’, an attempt ...

Sister Mary Barron said at the Mass that the late pope “invited us out into the world and among all of God’s creation to heal and accompany those most in need.” ...

Pope Francis once said in an interview: “I like to think of hell as empty. I hope it is.” Pope Francis, the first Latin ...

Francis issued an apostolic letter dedicated to the earthly father of Jesus. Pope Francis, who died last month, was well known for his devotion to St. Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus.

The Italian shipyard Baglietto opens its archives in a sumptuous book celebrating 170 years at sea.

Trump, asked about whom he'd like to see become the next Catholic pontiff ... archbishop of New York, is not on the short list of possible contenders for the top spot, but it does include another ...

As the world’s Catholic cardinals meet this week to discuss who should ... In 2013, Bergoglio, then archbishop of Buenos Aires, offered a short reflection at one such meeting, saying the Church needed ...

God’s love for me did not require me to hate myself, but rather to love myself properly. The key to a real self-love, as I ...

In more recent times, during the 2013 conclave, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, was the youngest cardinal elector at 53. In the ...

War is among the most complex and destructive events that humanity has to deal with . Every aspect of life, including the ...