On the 40th anniversary of the murder of four American missionaries in El Salvador, Vatican officials, including Pope Francis, have praised the women as martyrs and models of evangelization and of...
While sin may distort and disfigure the image of Christ that every person bears, it does not completely erase it, nor does it remove people from God's abundant mercy, Pope Francis said.
The approval decades ago of a Zairean rite of the Roman Missal demonstrated that it is possible also to develop a rite for the Amazon region, Pope Francis said in a preface to a new book.
Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world's wealth and everyone else's right to a dignified life is disregarded, Pope Francis said.
Conflict and violence in the world will never end if people do not fully understand their responsibility to each other as members of one human family, Pope Francis said in a written message.
Lucia Ballester Pope Francis blesses the sick and disabled at the general audience at the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City on November 30, 2016. Pope Francis emphasized that, by virtue of their baptism...
Public Domain Fr. Matthew Dajo, who was kidnapped Nov. 22 in Nigeria's Abuja archdiocese. Public Domain. During the 10 days that Fr. Dajo was held captive, Archbishop Kaigama repeatedly appealed for...
Vatican Media Pope Francis blesses an ambulance entrusted to the Office of Papal Charities. A local priest, Fr. Andrea Conocchia, said that this may have been the first time they had “received such...
BalkansCat Austrian police car guarding St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna. An Austrian publication is reporting that Al-Albany had wanted a bloodbath and tried to enter St. Rupert’s Catholic Church...