Pope to Synod: The Holy Spirit guides us toward harmony and respectful listening

Pope Francis reminds the Synodal Assembly that the Holy Spirit is the Synod's protagonist, no [...]

“Laudate Deum”: the Pope’s cry for a response to the climate crisis

Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting [...]

Theme for 2024 World Communication Day: Artificial intelligence

Pope Francis has chosen “Artificial intelligence and wisdom of the heart: for a fully human [...]

In Cabo Verde, the Franciscan month of October is lived with great joy

In most communities on the Cabo Verdean islands of Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, [...]

Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel Prize for COVID vaccine

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of [...]

Pope at Audience: 'I have been to the heart of Asia, and it did me good'

During his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on his recently-concluded Apostolic Journey to Mongolia, [...]

The Ulma family: a remarkable beatification of martyrdom

Killed for having hidden eight Jews in their home in 1944, the Ulma family is [...]

Patriarch Bartholomew: 'Every act of war is also a war against Creation'

As Churches across the world prepare to celebrate the Day of Prayer for the Care [...]

Pope Francis: Second Laudato si' to be published on 4 October

Pope Francis looks ahead to the Season of Creation, which begins on 1 September with [...]

Archbishop Paglia: Food waste is a "source of immense shame"

Speaking at the FAO headquarters for Latin America in Santiago, Chile, the President of the [...]