Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

Marking these anniversaries offered an opportunity to reflect on a familiar list of triumphs—not just the defeat of fascism ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

Discover how Jeff Hines' podcast, 'Apostolic Zeal, the Passion for Evangelization,' helps Catholics share the good news of ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia has announced a new initiative to open hearts, rather than shutter parishes, in ...

COMMENTARY: The pro-life movement won’t achieve its ultimate goals without a strong focus on supporting and strengthening ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis opens the Holy Year 2025, continues calls for peace, and addresses global challenges, emphasizing love, hope, ...

“We for our part feel bound to cry out and denounce the many situations in which the earth is exploited and our neighbours oppressed,” Pope Francis writes ... the themes set out in the Pope’s latest ...