VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church must take great care to avoid rites or blessings that suggest marriage is anything other than a sacramental bond between one man and one woman, the incoming prefect of the Vatican’s doctrinal office said. “There
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Catholics must place the Eucharist at the center of their lives to transform their relationships with God and their neighbors, Pope Francis said. “If you are the same at the end of Mass as you were at the
The Vatican will establish a new commission to identify and catalogue Christians who have died for their faith in the last 25 years, Pope Francis said.
Looking to the Holy Year 2025, the pope instituted the "Commission of New Martyrs" within the Dicastery
The Vatican is developing a plan to return to Ukraine children illegally deported to Russia but is not jockeying to mediate the war, Pope Francis' peace envoy said upon his return from his mission to Moscow.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian
Christians are called to be modern-day prophets who guide others to see the Holy Spirit at work in everyday life and not to be superstitious people who try to predict or control the future, Pope Francis said.
"A Christian does not believe in
Pope Francis appointed his longtime theological adviser and fellow countryman Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata, Argentina, to lead the Vatican's doctrinal office, urging him in a public letter to expand the office's focus beyond its reputation as a watchdog pursuing
The Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches should join efforts to promote peace before threats of a "major global armed conflict," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church told Pope Francis' envoy on a peace mission to Moscow.
Meeting June 29 with Cardinal Matteo
In the mold of Sts. Peter and Paul, Catholics are called to be members of a church that constantly follows Jesus and proclaims his word by putting preaching at the center of its ministry, Pope Francis said.
Dressed in red vestments to recall
Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi met with a Kremlin foreign policy adviser during the peace mission he is making to Moscow on Pope Francis's behalf.
Archbishop Giovanni d'Aniello, the apostolic nuncio to Russia, told reporters June 29 that the mission Pope Francis entrusted to
The Vatican astronomical observatory's summer school returns this year after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For four weeks every other summer, the school plays host to a small cadre of advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students from around the world, bringing