Vatican on Sunday starts busy week of events ahead of Easter Unclear if Pope Francis, healing from pneumonia, will take part Pontiff, 88, taking two months of rest out of public view Catholics say ...

When it comes to Pope Francis, conservative Catholic Brian Burch has been far from diplomatic. Burch has accused Pope Francis of creating "massive confusion," engaging in a "pattern of ...

Soon after Pope Francis made his surprise appearance at the end of an April 8 Jubilee Mass for health care workers, the Vatican announced that the pontiff had also gone to confession in St. Peter ...

This week they are looking for a loving home for a pair of 2-month-old kittens named Cannoli and Tiramisu. For more information, click here. Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League provides services to ...

In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave thanks to God for having elected him as Peter's successor ...

WARSAW - Fake cosmetics, massage pillows and sex toys. Crude homemade explosives. A Russian known as Warrior. A code word: Mary. These are among the key elements of a suspected Russian-run ...

For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for the decisive victory of Christianity over Islamism.

The Popes and the Rosary 2. Numerous predecessors of mine attributed great importance to this prayer. Worthy of special note in this regard is Pope Leo XIII who on 1 September 1883 promulgated the ...

The first kittens of the year have been born at Van Cat Villa, a popular site visited by tens of thousands of local and international tourists every year. Efforts to preserve the Van cats – registered ...