Young homosexual men can train to become Catholic priests in Italy but not if they "support the so-called gay culture," ...

The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

In his Jan. 9 speech, the pope lamented “the continuous creation and spread of fake news,” which he said, “distorts facts but ...

During the Holy Year 2025, the international community should strive "to overcome the logic of confrontation and embrace ...

THERE are two ways of viewing the film Conclave: to experience it as a horrifying series of events, or to be enveloped in the magisterial spirituality of a religious tradition. From the moment the ...

In his annual speech to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis condemned what he said was a universal ...

Pope Francis told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on Thursday that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech and asked an aide to deliver it instead. A ...

Since Cardinal Robert W. McElroy's Jan. 6 appointment to the Archdiocese of Washington, church watchers have interpreted the move as a papal endorsement of the prelate's outspoken support for the poor ...

Putting a spotlight on the “scourge of child labor,” the Holy Father lamented that there are “too many children forced to ...

Emily Archibeque Emily Archibeque entered eternal life on January 2, 2025. A Rosary will be January 15, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. with memorial mass at 10am at San Ignacio Parish Church, 1300 Walter St NE. A ...

Having led the San Diego diocese since 2015, McElroy, 70, has experience with immigration, both as a political issue and a ...