These are the latest news about Pope Francis, the Vatican, and the Catholic Church, provided by the Vatican staff of Catholic News Agency, a service of EWTN News.
Pope Francis received in an audience the controversial nun Sister Lucía Caram and members of the Spanish-language news portal Religión... Read more
Church experts will meet in study groups to examine the question of women deacons and other key topics through June... Read more
Pope Francis has no plans to resign from office according to excerpts from his forthcoming memoir — though he says... Read more
Pope Francis — born Jorge Mario Bergoglio — was elected as the 265th successor to St. Peter on March 13,... Read more
Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a new chapter in his ongoing catechetical series on vices and virtues. Read more
Were a conclave to begin today, there would be 94 cardinal-electors created by Pope Francis, 27 created by Benedict XVI,... Read more
Pope Francis is the 265th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of key events during his papacy. Read more
“Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We... Read more
Visitors will enter an active women’s prison on Venice’s Giudecca island, where inmates will play an active role in the... Read more
Pope Francis said Sunday that governments and civil society have a fundamental duty to help ensure that women are able... Read more
The Holy Father made the remarks last month in a newly released television interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI. Read more
“Repentance is neither the fruit of self-analysis, nor of a psychic sense of guilt,” the pope said. Read more
Choosing the theme “Walking in the New Life,” the pope stressed that the Lenten journey is a moment of interior... Read more
On the day before International Women’s Day, Pope Francis addressed participants of an international conference on Thursday at the Vatican. Read more
“I encourage you to move forward so that the Church will be, always and everywhere, a place where everyone can... Read more
Pope Francis reflected on the intellectual legacy of the “Angelic Doctor” in a letter to social scientists. Read more
A group of priests have suspended “until further notice” their YouTube program following the controversy sparked by comments about Pope... Read more
“Those who give in to this vice are far from God, and the correction of this evil requires time and... Read more
Monsignor Shane L. Kirby has been named the substitute promoter of justice of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. Read more
In his Angelus address on March 3, the pope made an emotional plea for a deal that both frees the... Read more