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Marking the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, Pope Francis urged nations to recall the need to protect the life and dignity of the victims of war and armed conflict.[Read more...]

Pope Francis acknowledged the shame and frustration felt by priests who are discouraged by the actions of fellow clergy members who betrayed the trust of their flock through sexual[Read more...]

Three months after the Easter Sunday attack (21 April) in Sri Lanka, where a suicide bomber killed close to 100 people, the first Holy Mass was celebrated on the 21 July at Saint S[Read more...]

Pope Francis urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to put an end to his country's eight-year-long conflict and seek reconciliation for the good of the nation and its vulnerable peopl[Read more...]

In the light of "a worrying negative prejudice" against the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has recently ordered the publication of a document affirming the absolute secrecy of every[Read more...]

With "overwhelming joy", Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria has this week announced that Pope Francis had approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Archbishop Fulton Sheen.[Read more...]

Millions of Catholics live their faith through their association with lay movements and Catholic groups, but some also have lost their faith when they were sexually abused in those[Read more...]

As a small group of witnesses silently looked on, the mortal remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen were interred at St Mary's Cathedral in Peoria late in the afternoon of 27June, comp[Read more...]

Pope Francis will declare Blessed John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British Cardinal, a saint on 13 October.[Read more...]

“Christ is the beating heart of His Church.[Read more...]

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has this week joined fellow Australian Bishops in meeting Pope Francis as part of the 2019 Ad Limina visit to the Vatican.[Read more...]

Announcing the themes for the next three World Youth Day celebrations, Pope Francis called on young men and women to meditate on the path of Christian life that God has called them[Read more...]

The Catholic Church must find ways to reach indigenous Catholics deprived of the sacraments in the most remote areas of the Amazon rainforest, and that may include ordaining marrie[Read more...]

Catholic schools must help parents teach young people that biological sex and gender are naturally fixed at birth and part of God's plan for creation, said the Congregation for Cat[Read more...]

Pope Francis said that he continues to visit retired Pope Benedict XVI, 92, who is “like a grandfather” who continues to encourage him and give him strength.[Read more...]

Pope Francis has said the task of journalism is to seek the truth, which requires humility and freedom of the press.[Read more...]

Pope Francis has revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religio[Read more...]

In a video recorded on the phone of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to join the worldwide "Thy Kingdom Come" prayer campaign from 30 May to[Read more...]

Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche communities and co-founder of Faith and Light, died on 7 May at the age of 90.[Read more...]

The priesthood is not a "cultural association or a union", but a ministry of mercy anchored on Christ's mission to bring hope to the downtrodden and comfort to those who suffer, Po[Read more...]