By Courtney Grogan/CNA | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Sunday that God forgets sins absolved within the confessional. “How do you defeat evil? Accepting God's forgiveness … It happens every...
By Joseph Pronechen | “The family that prays together stays together.” Father Patrick Peyton — who has been deemed “Venerable” by the Church — coined this famous aphorism familiar to tens of millions.
By Deacon Omar Gutierrez | Sunday, Sept. 15, is the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). Mass readings: Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17,19; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke...
Once the top expert on Islam at the Vatican, Cardinal-designate Michael Fitzgerald is unsure whether a new top-ranking title will help or hamper his work ministering in a multicultural inner-city...
On Sunday Pope Francis gave a shout-out to Ukraine and Russia for the recent exchange of 70 prisoners, voicing not only his happiness for those set free, but his hope that the gesture would help...
For experts and locals on the ground, Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to Thailand and Japan will not only highlight the Vatican’s strong ties with interreligious communities in each country, but it...