Francis has long been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. He recently called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constituted genocide.

Pope Francis on Dec. 12 called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the alleviation of foreign debt and the creation of a new global fund to eradicate hunger …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Reducing the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe to anything other than an expression of Mary’s universal motherhood diminishes the true essence of the iconic Marian …

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a fixed percentage of arms spending to a global fund to fight …

In an interview with NCR, former Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone’s Communion ban is pending a final resolution at the Vatican.

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo catches the music bug and passes it on.

In an address to a gathering of theologians at the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis spoke about the importance of theology. Dan Horan shares his takeaways.

Fearing President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations, sisters and Catholic groups organize support for undocumented immigrants living in uncertainty.

The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Bangladesh, and the local Catholic Church are making a difference by addressing the persistent challenge of access to safe drinking water.