The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name “America,” has been ...

Pope Francis had a busy schedule, holding a new weekly general audience, being awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom ...

The Catholic Church teaches that hope is one of the three theological virtues — along with faith and charity — which God ...

At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with ...

Pope Francis launches a Jubilee of Hope with the opening of the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica, symbolizing reconciliation ...

Reflecting on the Prologue of John’s Gospel, the Pope reminded the faithful that Jesus, the Word Incarnate, is ‘the light ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, D.C. (Public Domain photo) As the ...

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...

In his first Saturday Jubilee Audience, Pope Francis highlights the Jubilee as a time for a new beginning, rooted in the ...

Emotion, gratitude, and a profound sense of responsibility. This is how Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio described the meeting with ...

Pope Francis is receiving the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, the country's highest civilian honor, the ...

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Saturday and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom with ...