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Pope Francis told diplomats at the Vatican today that it is “painful” for him to see more countries move away from “their inalienable duty to protect human life” from conception to natural death.

Pope Francis has asked people to pray today for every person who is currently a victim of human trafficking.

Pope Francis prayed this morning for justice and national stability in Burma as tens of thousands protest the 1 February military coup.

Pope Francis today appointed a Spanish priest and a French religious sister as under-secretaries of the Synod of Bishops.

It is the first time a woman has held a position of this level within the general secretariat of the Synod of Bishops.

Pope Francis today encouraged the Focolare Movement to have “dynamic fidelity” as the third president of the international Catholic organization begins her term.

Father Albert Ofere’s a Nigerian priest serving at English Martyrs Catholic Church in Wembley, north west London. Last year he contracted Covid-19 and was admitted to nearby Northwick Park Hospital – something he describes as truly frightening.

Tributes have been paid to Chris Pearson, the chair of the National Catholic Safeguarding Commission (NCSC), who sadly died in hospital following a short illness on 30 January 2020.

Human fraternity is “the challenge of our century,” Pope Francis said yesterday, as he marked the first International Day of Human Fraternity together with the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Ahmed el-Tayeb.

Pope Francis praised musicians yesterday for showing “new creativity” despite severe restrictions imposed on their work by the coronavirus pandemic.

Cardinal Nichols and Cardinal Bo Credit: CBCEW Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has expressed his prayerful support …

Pope Francis will speak to a live audience once again as his weekly Angelus address moves back to St. Peter’s Square on Sunday after a seven-week absence.

The pope leads the traditional Marian prayer from the Vatican every Sunday at noon local time — usually from a window overlooking the square, which is filled with people who come to hear him.

French Catholic bishops signed on Monday a declaration denouncing rising anti-Semitism in the presence of Jewish leaders in Paris.

“Anti-Semitic expression has indeed regained an unexpected vigor,” French bishops’ conference president Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort said before the declaration was signed in Paris on 1 February.

Pope Francis gives a general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Feb. 3, 2021. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said today that …

Pope Francis has dedicated the month of February to prayer for women who are victims of violence. 

Rescuers in Madrid, Spain announced last week that a consecrated host was found intact amid the rubble left behind from the explosion of a building next to the Virgen de la Paloma parish.

The Vatican’s doctrinal chief has emphasized the Catholic Church’s duty to promote and protect her teachings as passed down by the Apostles.

The Raising of Lazarus (1857), by Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat. Public Domain. Pope Francis today added the memorial of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to …

Bishop Paul Swarbrick, the lead bishop for Africa, has called on the UK government to step up its assistance for people affected by the violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and its involvement in peace efforts.

Australian prosecutors announced yesterday that they were dropping charges against individual journalists accused of breaching a gag order over the trial of Cardinal George Pell.

A cardinal has said that this year’s International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest will be “a great sign of hope” amid the pandemic.

Cardinal Péter Erdő, the archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, will host the 52nd International Eucharistic Congress in September after it was delayed for a year because of the coronavirus crisis