CNA Staff

The pope commissioned the first Missionaries of Mercy in 2016.

Pope Francis on Sunday renewed his call for a truce in Ukraine, saying "the attack must be stopped."

Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, president of the German bishops’ conference, responded Thursday to a letter warning the country’s synodal...

‘War is everywhere,’ he told interviewer Lorena Bianchetti.

The pope described war as ‘a blasphemous betrayal of the Lord of Passover.’

The two men prayed together ‘after a brief and affectionate conversation.’

The pope accepted Turkson’s resignation as head of Vatican’s social development office in December.

‘May we be tireless in praying and in offering assistance to those who suffer,’ the pope said.

The pope said that ‘the rhetoric of inclusion is the ritual formula of every politically correct discourse.’

On March 25 Pope Francis led a celebration of the sacrament of penance and the act of consecration to the...

The Vatican has sent bishops around the world the text of the prayer that Pope Francis will lead on March...

The long-awaited text replaces the 1988 document ‘Pastor bonus.’

The pope is asking the bishops ‘to join him in praying for peace and in consecrating and entrusting Russia and...

The consecration will take place on March 25.

Nearly 1.8 million people have entered Poland from Ukraine since the full-scale Russian invasion.

Citing official statistics, Major Archbishop Shevchuk said there were more deaths among civilians than the military.

The besieged city of Mariupol is known as the ‘City of Mary.’

Almost 1.3 million Ukrainians have sought refuge in Poland.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk issued a video message as Ukraine entered ‘the second week of this horrible war.’

Sisters in Kyiv are caring for around 100 people sheltering in a church basement.