Pope: May Our Lady of Lourdes open our hearts to encounter
February 11 is the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette Soubirous. 30 years ago, Saint John Paul II instituted the World Day of the Sick ...
The Magisterium of the Church on euthanasia
In its two-thousand-year history, the Catholic Church has always affirmed that human life must be defended from conception until natural death.
Pope: Human trafficking an ‘open wound’ in the body of Christ and humanity
Pope Francis has released a video message on the occasion of the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking, marked in the Catholic Church ...
Abuse, Ratzinger: ‘Shame, sorrow, heartfelt request for forgiveness’
In a letter to the faithful of Munich, the Pope Emeritus speaks of clerical pedophilia, taking his cue from the words "mea maxima culpa" repeated at Mass...
Pope Francis: ‘Forgiveness is a human right’
Pope Francis appears on the Italian television programme “Che tempo che fa” for a conversation with host Fabio Fazio.
Pope to priests: Seek to eradicate all forms of inequality
On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the election of Pope Pius XI to the See of Peter, Pope Francis met Monday with the community...