The Holy Father made the remarks during a meeting Thursday with a Catholic order of knighthood that supports the Holy... Read more
The U.S. bishops are renewing their call for peace in the Holy Land as the Israel-Hamas war moves towards it... Read more
Vatican foreign minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher spoke by phone with his counterpart in Iran on Monday morning regarding the Israel-Hamas... Read more
Invoking the Virgin Mary as the Queen of Peace and Mother of Mercy, Pope Francis implored her in St. Peter’s... Read more
The law is widely seen as targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC). Read more
Aid to the Church in Need is working in the Holy Land, including the West Bank, to offer assistance in... Read more
The leader said he was hoping for a quick reopening of border access in Gaza and deployment of aid to... Read more
Pope Francis reflected on Jesus’ words: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Read more
A papal envoy traveled to Armenia last week to speak with civil and Christian leaders in the aftermath of the... Read more
The Armenian ambassador to the Holy See said Wednesday that the recruitment and deployment of Syrian Islamist extremists to the... Read more
Pope Francis applauded the United Nations Security Council Sunday for its recent resolution calling for an immediate global ceasefire amid... Read more
War is madness, Pope Francis told bishops gathered in the Italian city of Bari in a speech that warned against... Read more
Pope Francis marked the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions Sunday with a message urging the protection of life and... Read more
The US must avoid war with Iran and instead pursue dialogue and engagement, the chair of the US bishops' committee... Read more
Language referring to abortion was removed from a United Nations resolution on the care of sexual abuse survivors in wartime,... Read more
A new report commissioned by an international children’s charity has revealed that 420 million children, or nearly one in five... Read more
Among those calling for a ceasefire in the disastrous Yemen conflict is Bishop Paul Hinder, apostolic vicar for Southern Arabia.... Read more
In a keynote address at the World Meeting of Families on Friday, Cardinal Mario Zenari outlined the atrocities lived by... Read more
As President Trump considers airstrikes in Syria in response to a chemical attack that killed dozens of people, including women... Read more
On Friday an ecumenical delegation from South Sudan met privately with Pope Francis and again invited him to visit the... Read more