Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.

Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

Archbishop Charles C. Thompson of Indianapolis during a Nov. 13, 2024, session of the fall general assembly of the U.S.

Several U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday encouraged the church to boldly share Vatican teachings on a range of hot-button ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, Pope Francis said.

BALTIMORE (OSV News) — On the first day of the public session of the U.S. bishops’ annual fall meeting in Baltimore, the ...

"Isn't it interesting that, of all things, the pope would give us, precisely at this moment, an encyclical on the Sacred ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has issued the fourth encyclical of his papacy, denouncing a world that “is losing its heart” during times of global turmoil marked by “wars, socio ...

(Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Pope Francis has published a new encyclical. His fourth major work, Dilexit nos (“He loved us”), is an encyclical on the human and divine love of the Sacred Heart of ...

The public session of the fall plenary assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops opened Nov. 12 with remarks from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdioces ...

Roughly 40,000 people have signed a petition to stop the Green Giant from being cut down, slamming putting up Christmas trees as an “anachronistic outrage,” and one which has roots in Pagan winter ...