The pope’s message for the 59th World Day of Social Communications, observed on 1 June, is released on the feast day of Saint ...

The liturgical Feast of Christ the King honors the kingly dignity of Jesus Christ and was established in 1925 by Pope Pius XI. Mary's royal dignity is parallel, although subordinate, and the Feast of ...

International Days of Saint Francis de Sales, being held in Rome during the Jubilee of the World of Communication, bring ...

The Catholic Church has its own history of prophetic voices using the moral authority of the priesthood to remind political ...

Pope Francis appointed Father Anthony Ji Weizhong as bishop of Lüliang on Oct. 28, 2024, having approved Weizhong in the ...

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

Today, Andrew and Anne and their baby boy live on their 65-acre farm in western Pennsylvania, purchased a year ago, and have ...

Pope Francis has officially opened the Jubilee of Hope, which will see millions of pilgrims and tourist visiting the capital ...

For further reading, I would recommend Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI; Casti Connubii by Pope Pius XI; and Familiaris Consortio "The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World" by John Paul II.

World War II–era Pope Pius XII is a controversial figure, long accused of indifference toward the plight of Holocaust-assailed Jews. But a "Jewish New Yorker who has made it his life's work to ...

This week marks the anniversary of when Pope Pius XI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's opposition to abortion and birth control in a papal encyclical titled “Casti connubii.” Latin for “of chaste ...