Pope Francis announces church experts will study the question of women deacons and other topics until June 2025, extending past the Synod on Synodality's conclusion.

Pope Francis has no plans to resign from office — though he says some in the Church wish he would.

Marking the 750th anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas's passing, the Catholic Church, led by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, celebrates the profound legacy of one of its greatest theologians.

March 13 marks the anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the 266th successor of St. Peter.

Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on vices and virtues, shifting

The most recent change in the College of Cardinals took place on Feb. 24, when Cardinal José Luis

A Decade of Mercy, Outreach, and Synodality: Reflecting on Pope Francis' 11-Year Journey as Pontiff

The Coptic Orthodox Church has confirmed that its decision last week to suspend dialogue with the Catholic Church

Visiting prisoners is one of the Catholic Church’s corporal works of mercy originating with Jesus’ words in the

Pope Francis in an address on Friday morning stressed the importance of confession during the season of Lent,

Pope Francis said Sunday that governments and civil society have a fundamental duty to help ensure that women are able to accept the gift of life.

The Vatican on Saturday said Pope Francis did not mean to suggest that Ukraine ought to surrender to Russia when he referred to “the courage of the white flag” in a newly released television interview.

Castel Gandolfo is an Italian village on the shores of Lake Albano. Its Papal Villas are known to have been the summer residence of the popes for many years. However, during World War II, it became a refuge for people seeking to escape the war. 

Discover how the Catholic Church, led by figures like Pope Francis and community organizations, brings solace and aid to the victims of Ukraine's ongoing conflict, aiming for a future of peace and reconciliation.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, delivered a significant speech emphasizing that solidarity is the key to changing structures responsible for poverty and exclusion. 

As France made the decision to include abortion as a right in its constitution, the Vatican reacted immediately. The Pontifical Academy for Life issued a statement of solidarity with the French Bishops. 

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said a ‘new text’ had been recently prepared having already had ‘several versions.’

On Friday evening Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confessions and preside over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome.

Pope Francis encouraged the papal commission tasked with combatting clergy abuse to move forward in their efforts to

Economics, international relations, and other social sciences may have not existed in their contemporary form when St. Thomas

Pope Francis "will travel privately" next Holy Thursday to the women's prison located in the Rebibbia area of Rome to celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the Holy See Press Office has reported

On the eve of the 750th anniversary of St. Thomas Aquinas’ death, a skull revered as a relic of St. Thomas Aquinas was carried in a solemn procession through the cobblestone streets of the southern Italian town of Priverno.

On Monday France became the first country in the world to enshrine the right to abortion in its basic law, a move that has been staunchly opposed by the French bishops and by the Vatican.

Pope Francis this week used his general audience to focus on the vice of pride, with the Holy