Pope Francis has authorized the promulgation of a decree recognizing miracles attributed to several blesseds, paving the way for their canonization, the Vatican said on Thursday.

Throughout May, the Vatican Gardens are open for the "May with Mary" pilgrimage, honoring the Blessed Mother. Led by Sr. Emanuela Edwards, pilgrims visit Marian shrines and pray for peace.

Discover the inspiring new project by the Catholic lay religious Order of Malta, aimed at helping young people with mental disabilities build independent lives.

What does it take to serve as a Pontifical Swiss Guard? Following the swearing-in ceremony of 34 new recruits at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vaticano explored the life of the Swiss Guard, echoing the difficulties all Christians find in their spiritual lives.

At the 2nd International Bioethics Conference, held in Rome on May 17-18, focused on contemporary bioethical challenges. It was inspired by the thought and legacy of Jérôme Lejeune on the 30th anniversary of his death.

In Damascus, Syria, today, news that the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus” will be canonized was received with “emotion and hope,” according to Father Firas Lufti, guardian of the Franciscan convent of Bab-Touma in Damascus.

Pope Francis today urged the abolition of human trafficking, “one of the most terrible scourges of our time” that disrespects and disregards human dignity and delivers “large profits to people without moral scruples.”

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, who heads the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, met with the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church to discuss a rift caused by the Vatican's statement allowing non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples.

Pope Francis has recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Carlo Acutis, paving the way for him to become the first Millennial saint.

George Weigel, biographer of St. John Paul II, lamented that the Pontifical Academy for Life betrayed Dr. Jérôme Lejeune, its founding president, with a book that dissents from the pontiff’s encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).

The bishop of Shanghai defended the Chinese government’s religious freedom record at a Vatican conference on Tuesday in a speech that called for the Church in China to “follow a path of ‘sinicization.’”

Pope Francis said at an interfaith symposium on palliative care in Toronto that “genuine palliative care is radically different from euthanasia, which is never a source of hope or genuine concern for the sick and dying.”

Pope Francis on Wednesday closed his catechetical series on vices and virtues with a review of humility, a virtue that forms the “the base of Christian life” and is a source of peace for the Church and the world.

In Ecuador, the first country consecrated to the Sacred Heart

Pope Francis has praised the Catholic Church’s first council in China 100 years ago as “an authentic synodal journey” that opened the way for the Church in China “to increasingly have a Chinese face.”

Pope Francis on Monday offered prayers to the Islamic Republic of Iran after the country’s president was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.

Pope Francis has once again come out strongly against an ordained female diaconate, reiterating what for the Holy Father has been a consistently firm stance against women becoming clergy.

The Vatican on Tuesday said it would take “no further canonical procedure” after an investigation into abuse allegations against a Canadian cardinal revealed no evidence of misconduct or abuse.

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Pope Francis addressed a wide range of topics, including the war in Ukraine, anti-Semitism and American immigration policy, in his first interview with a US broadcast network.

The International Chair of Bioethics Jérôme Lejeune held its second annual international conference in Rome on May 17–18 to reflect on the bioethical challenges surrounding the health and care of people at different stages of life.

Pope Francis will visit Luxembourg and Belgium at the end of September. From Sept. 26-29, he will celebrate the 600th anniversary of Catholic universities in Leuven and Louvain-la-Neuve, concluding with a Mass in Brussels.

In a new interview, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ, suggested that the Church’s position on female priests is not set in stone and should be discussed further, at the same time warning of triggering “a huge backlash.”

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family, and Life, as his special envoy for the 53rd International Eucharistic Congress, which will be held in Quito, Ecuador.