Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...

A papal nomination was dangerous business – sometimes to the ... He added, “It is a custom of the Romans to go in his palace ...

During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership.

A papal nomination was dangerous business—sometimes to the ... He added, "It is a custom of the Romans to go in his palace ...

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Pope Francis pointed out the saints he likes to call “the saints ‘next door,’ the everyday ones, hidden, who go forward in ...

Pope Francis said he is praying for the victims of the floods in Spain and the suffering of innocent civilians in the ...

The ecclesiastical jargon is no more; it has retired, giving way to a more creative language. The latest example was provided ...

At the Angelus, the pope mentioned the United Nations Conference on Climate Change, set to open tomorrow in Azerbaijan until ...

Pope Francis delivers his Sunday Angelus message from a window of the Apostolic Palace overlooking St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 27, 2024. (photo: Vatican Media) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican October ...

However, he has declined an invitation to Paris to attend the reopening of Notre-Dame a week before, which has irritated the French presidency.

met Pope Francis Oct. 17 in the library of the Apostolic Palace. While the Vatican did not publish information about the meeting, Olmert and al-Kidwa have been traveling widely in October to promote a ...