With just two months to go until a high-stakes Vatican summit on the global clerical sex abuse crisis, organizers have asked heads of bishops conferences to prepare for the gathering by meeting with...

Pope Francis in his message for the 2019 World Day of Peace outlined a new set for politicians to carry out their duties in the pursuit of peace, stressing the need for credibility, unity and a...

With much of the world preparing to take a step back from the rapid pace of everyday life and reflect on the mystery of Christ's birth, Pope Francis himself is getting ready for a packed Christmas...

In the technology support department at the Vatican Museums, Villanova University student Justin Myers is spending a semester creating virtual tours of galleries, part of a larger project to make the...

The death penalty is an inhumane form of punishment that ignores the primacy of mercy in the name of justice, Pope Francis said.