Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican ...
While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one's pets and ...
Among the traditional religious activities that can earn one an indulgence — such as pilgrimage to holy sites, acts of ...
The Catholics surrounding Trump’s second term are best represented by his vice president, JD Vance, who converted to ...
Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm but that a ...
A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the ...
Biden was scheduled to leave Thursday afternoon for a three-day trip to meet with Pope Francis and Italian President Sergio ...
Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints who oversaw numerous significant canonizations including that of Mother Teresa, died Dec. 31.
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Some of these treasures are over 2,000 years old, and the Vatican has held them for five centuries. The vastness of the Vatican Library really can’t be overstated. Besides over two million ...
O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his election in 2013, rather than the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, where popes have ...
(photo: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News) Francis X. Rocca Vatican December 29, 2024 Vatican news highlights of the year 2024 included Pope Francis’ longest trip, an 11-day journey through Asia and ...