The file is suspended. The Catholic Church will not beatify Luisa Piccarreta, an Italian mystic known for her spiritual exercises centered on union with the will of God On January 24, Bishop ...

A spectacle is unfolding at the Halle de la Machine, located in Toulouse’s Montaudran district, in southern France. Fresh from the western French town of Clisson, where it was displayed at a ...

More than a century and a half ago, Christian missionaries from the West brought the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to the peoples of Africa. One of the inherent weaknesses of this evangelization ...

At 54, François Bustillo, Bishop of Ajaccio in Corsica, was created cardinal by Pope Francis during the consistory held this weekend. He had been noticed by the pope for his work, which ...

The early moves of any new pope are closely watched and widely interpreted. What will he do? What will he decide? At the Vatican, people are slowly getting to know the successor to Francis.

Since bishops have no children, though one could sarcastically point to more than a few exceptions in church history, apostolic succession refers not to a legal inheritance, but to the human chain ...

In his recent apostolic letter, Desiderio desideravi, Pope Francis addresses a fundamental religious problem of modern humanity, especially in the global north: symbols are no longer symbolic.

Twelve years—2013 to 2025—on the throne of Peter is a significant stretch, though still short when compared to the 26-year reign of St. John Paul II or the 20 years of Pope Pius XII.

Pope Francis addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress in 2015. (Photo: U.S. Capitol/Wikimedia Commons) For Augustine as well as for Thomas, the only true love is the love of God ...

J. P. Grayland, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North (New Zealand), currently visiting professor at the University of Tübingen (Germany). If we are witnessing the moral collapse ...

At the edge of the Polish border, the 12th-century Kalozha Belarusian Orthodox Church in Grodno overlooks the calm waters of the Neman River. This is where Father Georgij Roi ministered for ten ...

What is the real state of Pope Francis' health? A few hours after he entered Gemelli Hospital in northwest Rome this past Wednesday, the Vatican was dribbling out updates on his condition in ...