The Vatican has released its 460-page report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who was found guilty of serial homosexual abuse in 2018 and subsequently stripped of the title of cardinal and reduced to the lay state.
An upcoming Vatican report on the sexual misdeeds of former Washington, DC, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick will be a painful but necessary step in overcoming clerical sexual abuse, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan has written.
Pope Francis has urged Christians to pray for the victims of hurricane Eta, which has claimed scores of lives since striking Nicaragua last Tuesday.
Gunmen belonging to a separatist militia kidnapped Cardinal Christian Tumi Thursday evening in Cameroon’s Northwest Region only to free him again hours later, local media report.
Pope Francis will receive the families of the victims of the October 29 Islamic terror attack, which took place in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption in Nice, France.
The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue has published a message wishing Hindus a happy feast of Deepavali (Diwali), in the spirit of “interreligious appreciation and cooperation.”
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has forced 8 Catholic nuns out of their convent in the northern province of Shanxi for their refusal to join the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
Pope Francis insisted Wednesday on the centrality of prayer in a Christian’s life, declaring that prayer has a way of turning all things to good.
Pope Francis warned Wednesday that violent terrorism is on the rise in Europe, following recent lethal attacks by jihadists in Nice, France and Vienna, Austria.
Pope Francis sent a message of condemnation and condolence to the people of Vienna Tuesday following an Islamist terror attack that left five dead and at least 22 wounded.
Pope Francis said Sunday that those who protest coronavirus lockdowns and loss of personal freedoms are thinking only of themselves.
Pope Francis praised the founder of the U.S.-based Knights of Columbus Sunday, a Catholic charitable organization denigrated by Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
Vatican Cardinal Robert Sarah denounced Islamism Thursday following a lethal terror attack in a French church, calling it a “monstrous fanaticism.”
Pope Francis has denounced Thursday’s “savage” knife attack in a church in Nice, France, which claimed the lives of three people, one of whom was beheaded.
Pope Francis threw his support behind Poland’s pro-life movement Wednesday as radical feminists continue protesting a ban on eugenic abortions targeting children with Down syndrome and other disabilities.
Pope Francis condemned last weekend’s shooting in Kumba, Cameroon, that claimed the lives of 7 young schoolchildren and left over a dozen others wounded.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has thumbed its nose at the Vatican, continuing its flagrant abuses of religious freedom even while negotiating its new deal with the Vatican, Catholic News Agency (CNA) reported Monday.
The Vatican has announced Pope Francis will livestream his Christmas liturgies this year without public participation due to concerns over the coronavirus.
Pope Francis has written a letter to Europe, laying out his “dream” for the continent’s future that includes the elimination of legalized abortion.
ROME — Pope Francis announced the names of 13 bishops and priests he intends to make cardinals in November, including the outspoken anti-Trump Archbishop of Washington, D.C., Wilton D. Gregory.
ROME — Pope Francis suggested Saturday that Europe is repeating the errors of pre-Nazi Germany by allowing new anti-immigration nationalisms to take hold.
Pope Francis set forth measures to combat the “environmental crisis” Friday, urging Christians to adopt a sober, humble lifestyle.
The Vatican has extended its controversial 2018 agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regarding the naming of Catholic bishops in the country.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Wednesday they are investigating reports that the Vatican transferred funds to Australia during the trial of former Vatican treasurer and Archbishop of Melbourne George Pell on sex abuse charges.
Pope Francis urged Christians on Tuesday to learn from the example of Jesus Christ dying so that others may live.
Pope Francis said Sunday that Christians must fulfill their obligations to the state but owe an even higher allegiance to God.
Pope Francis suspended his usual meet-and-greet with pilgrims Wednesday, following criticism of mixed messages coming out of the Vatican regarding how to deal with ongoing coronavirus restrictions.
Pope Francis met with the parents of Father Roberto Malgesini, an Italian priest who was stabbed to death last month by a Tunisian immigrant to whom he had given assistance.
ROME — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Pope Francis asking him to offer an apology to the Mexican people for the atrocities committed during the Spanish Conquest in 1521.
ROME — Pope Francis video-streamed a TED talk on climate change Saturday, urging an end to the production of fossil fuels and a transition to clean energy.
ROME — Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with the victims of West Coast fires on Sunday, while praising firefighters and volunteers working to minimize the damage.
The Vatican’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations reminded the U.N. General Assembly this week that all human beings enjoy the inalienable right to life, including the unborn.
Pope Francis has continued to keep his face uncovered and shake hands in his meetings with the faithful, despite the Vatican’s imposition this week of an outdoor mask mandate in the small city-state.
Pope Francis attacked the “worship of the ancient golden calf” and the “idolatry of money” Thursday, just two weeks after sacking a prominent Vatican cardinal for financial impropriety.
ROME — The former president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference acknowledged Pope Francis does have his critics in the Church but stressed constructive criticism does not make a person an enemy of the pope.
Pope Francis said Wednesday that the world is in need of “zealous Christians” who are able to defend life and make a case for morality in the public square.
ROME — Pope Francis reminded scientists of their ethical responsibility to halt the production of biological weapons in a written address to a meeting focusing on the Wuhan coronavirus Wednesday.
Pope Francis connected the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic to climate change Wednesday, insisting that together they call for the repentance of humanity.
Pope Francis has proposed “a different way of understanding relations and exchanges between countries” that minimizes the idea of citizenship in a particular nation and emphasizes the common humanity of all people.
Pope Francis has reiterated his call for a more welcoming attitude toward migrants, insisting that everyone has the right to “dream of a better future.”
