For Pope Francis, 2019 included his sixth anniversary as pope, his 83rd birthday and his 50th anniversary as a priest, but it also was a year that saw him still confronted with the clerical sexual...
One great unanswerable question regarding the Catholic Church and the Holocaust is whether Jewish lives would have been saved had Pope Pius XI or his successor, Pope Pius XII, issued a statement...
By Claire Dwyer | Sunday, Dec. 15, is the Third Sunday of Advent. Mass readings: Isaiah 35:1-6A; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; James 5:7-10; Matthew 11:2-11. About an hour outside of Phoenix, a church...
By Courtney Mares/CNA | VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis blessed children's nativity scene figurines Sunday, the pope said that the Advent season is a time of conversion to make space in one’s...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rhina Guidos By Rhina Guidos WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The ask for baby items heading to the Holy Land couldn't be more appropriate: "swaddling clothes needed." The Gospel of...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Vatican Media By Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what life is all about, Pope Francis told an international group of performers...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' 2019-20 Christmas season celebrations will include the usual liturgies and traditions. Releasing the pope's schedule Dec. 12, the...