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The Vatican on Tuesday hosted a webinar on “advancing integral disarmament in times of pandemic,” with speakers from international organizations a...

The Vatican marked World Water Day on Monday with a message urging an end to water waste and contamination. Cardinal Pietro Parolin recorded a vid...

The restriction of private Masses in the upper side chapels of St. Peter’s Basilica went into force Monday. The basilica was quiet on March 22 wit...

A Jesuit priest who celebrated Joe Biden’s inaugural Mass in January is under investigation for alleged inappropriate behavior, according to the C...

Christianity can shed light on the path forward for the peace process in Ireland, religious and political coexistence, and understanding the shared...

Pope Francis made an emotional appeal Wednesday for an end to violence against protesters in Burma. “Once again and with great sadness, I feel the...

Pope Francis has called for more support for working mothers during and after the coronavirus pandemic, saying that women are needed in the renewa...

The Vatican’s doctrinal office on Monday clarified that the Catholic Church does not have the power to give liturgical blessings of homosexual uni...

Pope Francis offered Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday to mark 500 years of Catholic faith in the Philippines. “Dear brothers and sisters, 50...

Pope Francis will officially designate Knock Shrine in Ireland as an international Marian and Eucharistic shrine on the feast of St. Joseph next w...

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Catholics worldwide to keep praying for “our sorely tried brothers and sisters” in Iraq. Speaking at his general a...

St. James the Apostle church in Nurio, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, was destroyed by a fire on Sunday. The church building which dates to 16...