Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...

Father Y. David Brault – who achieved one of his dreams as a priest when he became the founding pastor of a parish, Our Lady ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 20 announced his intention to appoint Brian Burch, currently the president of ...

The short answer is, a Jubilee Year is a special year of grace and reconciliation. Today, the Catholic Church celebrates a ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating Christmas Mass after opening the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis said the birth of Jesus fills Christians with hope and the courage to work for peace and justice. "This ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In the quiet of Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, launching what he called a "Jubilee of Hope." As the doors opened, the bells of the ...

(Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory, in a decree issued on Dec. 12, 2024, named Jubilee Churches for sacred pilgrimages ...

Following President Joe Biden’s announcement on Dec. 23, 2024 that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole, Washington Cardinal Wilton ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer from inside the chapel of his residence because of a cold, ...

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- "You have become the light of our Church in the entire world," Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told ...