VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is dedicating the 2022 World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly to the importance of inviting older people to contribute to building a better
VATICAN CITY — Expressing “sorrow and shame” for the complicity of Catholics in abusing Indigenous children in Canada and helping in the attempt to erase
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis asked people to pray for his upcoming trip to Malta and to pray for an end to the “savage cruelty”
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis renewed his call for an end to the war in Ukraine and strongly denounced the conflict as a barbaric act
VATICAN CITY — God always forgives and joyously welcomes back everyone who returns to him, even after a life of mistakes and sin, Pope Francis
VATICAN CITY — The sacrament of reconciliation “is not so much about our sins” as it is about God’s forgiveness, Pope Francis said. “Think about
VATICAN CITY — As Russia’s violent monthlong invasion continued to devastate Ukraine, Pope Francis laid the fates of both countries at the feet of Mary
VATICAN CITY — When a political prisoner and nearly 300 others were shipwrecked along the coast of Malta, the local population welcomed them, built a
VATICAN CITY — As Russian bombardments continue to decimate Ukraine, Pope Francis prayed that God would free the world from war and the need to
VATICAN CITY — Handing on the faith from generation to generation requires listening personally and directly to older people’s lived experiences and stories of faith,
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