The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Vatican Diary. The health chronicles of popes are an old practice, revealing—at least in certain eras—the frail constitution ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins January 18. How was the ecumenical movement born? What have been its major advances? A look back at the history of the rapprochement of Christians which, ...

A new tour of the Vatican Gardens at the pope’s summer palace in Castel Gandolfo is opening in spring 2025 for jubilee ...

The Autobiography," the pope reflects on his childhood, vocation, his age and shares an encouraging message of a hope that ...

Much of the book contains familiar stories of Pope Francis' past, his childhood and relationship with his grandmother Rosa, ...

While saying he never expected to be pope this long, in his new autobiography, Pope Francis said he still has dreams for the ...

Day-of-release blog posts are likely not the best place to attempt – or look for – considered commentary on so significant a magisterial event as a papal encyclical ... where we see a Pope, and in an ...

Archbishop Ian Ernest, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s outgoing Personal Representative to the Holy See, reflects on his time ...

It is better to take refuge in the LORD, than to trust in princes! Psalm 118:9 A Pastoral Commentary on the 2025 National ...

This is why the Sacred Liturgy produces much fruit in the Church and why Vatican II described ... Church's mission to the world. In his encyclical on the Eucharist, Pope John Paul II wrote ...

In a 1995 encyclical condemning ... may have hindered those efforts. The pope also reached out to Jews, publicly asking for God’s forgiveness for the persecution of Jews by Catholics throughout time.