VATICAN CITY (RNS) – In a solemn Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday (Dec. 7), Pope Francis welcomed 21 new ...
Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: a Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent gathering of b ...
Pope Francis marked the Immaculate Conception by visiting to two of Rome's most important Marian sites, followed by an ...
Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for U.S. authorities to commute the sentences of death row prisoners, in an unusual request ...
Pope Francis unveiled on Saturday the annual nativity scene at the Vatican, which this year featured baby Jesus draped in a ...
The pope highlighted that the term “cardinal” symbolizes a “hinge,” emphasizing their vital role as in holding the Church ...
Becoming a cardinal is an insistent call to put Jesus at the center of one's life, to love the poor as he did and to ...