Donnelly says he didn’t go looking for the ambassador’s job, but he took it because President Biden asked him to.

Bishops and cardinals join Pope Francis for vespers and the Te Deum of thanksgiving in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 31, 2024, at the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Insisting that fraternity is not ...

On the Vigil of the feast of St. Mary, Mother of God, Pope Francis said the hope of brotherly fraternity is not based on ...

Bishop Robert Brennan kicked off the Year of Jubilee 2025 on Dec. 29 with a morning mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Offering his condolences, Pope Francis praised former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s Christian faith and ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

Father Robert Regoli’s insightful study, now available in an updated English edition, examines the complexities of Benedict’s ...

Like you and me, the pope can see what Israel has done with such ruthless ferocity to besieged Palestinians for more than a ...

Looking back over the last 12 months on the Vatican beat, it’s tempting to call 2024 “tumultuous” — tempting, that is, but ...

Catholic Church in Arkansas, with over 600 new Catholics entering the Church at Easter, a national Eucharistic Congress, and ...

The Jews are not committing genocide against Muslims in Gaza, whose population grew almost 3% last year. Muslims, however, are committing mass murder via jihad against Christians in Africa. Yet the Po ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church ...