Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...

Pope Francis marked the Sunday of the Word of God by installing 40 Catholics from multiple continents as lectors during a special Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, including faithful from Iceland to ...

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Pope Francis honored Benedictine Father Prosper Guéranger on the 150th anniversary of his death, highlighting his role in the ...

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the ...

An enormous crowd gathers at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach to hear Pope Francis celebrate Mass. (Buda Mendes/Getty Images) From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter ...

The motto for the current Jubilee, selected by Pope Francis, is "Pilgrims of Hope ... the elderly and all the faithful who attend Mass or other prayer services as part of the day's celebration could ...

Hope is a book that combines an account of Pope Francis’ life with his musings ... where he could only hear confessions and not celebrate Mass at the local Jesuit church. But after his two ...

In his bull of indiction formally proclaiming the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis called on governments ... to St. Peter’s Basilica and celebrate Mass with the pope.

MUMBAI, India – A hunger strike by several priests of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Rite has been condemned by the Eastern Church’s synod. Father Joyce Kaithakottil of the Archdiocese Ernakulam ...