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For the second time in months, Pope Francis has ordered an inspection of a top Vatican dicastery whose head will step down, revealing a modus opera...

Pope Francis Thursday urged a group of Italian seminarians to avoid rigidity, which, he said, lacks humanity, and encouraged them to ask God for th...

Pope Francis declined on Thursday the resignation of Cardinal Reinhard Marx, offered to him last month.In a June 10 letter, the pope asked the infl...

Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day.Speaking at the general audience June 9, the pope ...

Pope Francis told a group of young French priests on Monday that weakness is a chance for encounter with God, and not something they should try to ...

Pope Francis said Sunday that we need to “enlarge our hearts” to truly appreciate the gift of the Eucharist.Celebrating Corpus Christi Mass in St. ...

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the Norbertines to always keep their hearts open to others in a message marking the 900th anniversary of the foundatio...

The Congregation for the Divine Worship might soon issue a document modifying some of the provisions of Benedict XVI’s motu proprio Summorum Pontif...

Pope Francis on Wednesday met with a paralyzed man who plans to travel to the Arctic Circle to raise awareness about the environment. After a spina...

Pope Francis said Wednesday that just as Jesus prayed for his friends while on earth, he also prays for each person eternally before the Father in ...

The Vatican published Tuesday major revisions to Book VI of the Code of Canon Law, which covers penal law in the Church, including sanctions relate...

Pope Francis has invited Lebanese Christian leaders to the Vatican for a day of prayer on July 1 for “the worrying situation in the country.”The po...