The Pope has commended the "lives of sacrifice, missionary zeal, and service to the Church" of 14 newly canonized saints.

Cardinal Victor Fernandez, the Church's lead doctrine official, told the summit on Oct. 2 that "there is still no room for a ...

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The encyclical is being published amid the celebrations of the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of the Sacred Heart of ...

We know that the Holy Father has expressed that at this time the issue of the female diaconate is not mature and has asked ...

In a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 20, the pope declared three nineteenth-century founders of religious orders and the ...

On October 20, the Catholic Church welcomed 14 new saints. Pope Francis presided over the canonization Mass for 11 Christians ...

Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said that a commission on women deacons created by Pope Francis in 2020 and led by ...

For the Pope, "at this moment the question of the female diaconate is not mature, and he has asked that we do not dwell on ...

Bishop Martinelli said he sees Pope Francis’ teachings and actions on interfaith dialogue as deeply spiritual.

Blessed Marie-Léonie Paradis was a Quebec-born religious sister who founded the Institute of the Little Sisters of the Holy ...

A Quebec nun has become Canada’s newest saint, more than a century after establishing a religious community that still ...