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Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

A Negotiated Peace is Better than an Endless War: Pope Francis to Russian President, Vladimir Putin

Apr 25, 2024

CBS News broadcast some excerpts April 24 from a new interview conducted by journalist Norah O’Donnell with Pope Francis at the pontiff’s residence in the Vatican.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for his Wednesday general audience on April 24, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Theological Vrtues are the "fundamental attributes" of a Christian Life

Apr 24, 2024

The Holy Father bolstered his analysis by looking to the legacy of St. John Paul II.

Pope Francis greets an elderly couple at a general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis to Meet with Thousands of Grandparents and their Grandchildren at the Vatican

Apr 22, 2024

Pope Francis will meet with elderly people, grandparents, and grandchildren from Italy this Saturday, April 27, in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on April 21, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Christ the Good Shepherd ‘looks for us until he finds us’ when we’re lost

Apr 21, 2024

Pope Francis on Sunday urged the faithful to remember that “for Christ, I am important, irreplaceable, worth the infinite price of his life.”

Blessed Elena Guerra. / Credit: Oblates of the Holy Spirit

Pope Francis to Canonize New Italian-born Female Saint Known as "an apostle of the Holy Spirit"

Apr 20, 2024

A friend of Pope Leo XIII and the teacher of St. Gemma Galgani, Elena Guerra (1835–1914) is known for her spiritual writings and her devotion to the Holy Spirit.

Pope Francis addresses the faithful at his Wednesday general audience on March 27, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Vatican Magistrates to Retire at End of Judicial Year in Which They Turn 75, Cardinal Judges at 80

Apr 19, 2024

Vatican magistrates will retire at the end of the judicial year in which they turn 75 and cardinal judges at the age of 80, unless the pope asks them to stay on.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on April 17, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: The Temperate Person is Balanced by both Principle and Empathy

Apr 17, 2024

“In a world where many people boast about saying what they think, the temperate person instead prefers to think about what he says,” the pope said.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after the recitation of the Regina Caeli prayer on April 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Sharing Our Cncounter with Christ Makes Our Encounters "even more beautiful"

Apr 14, 2024

Pope Francis expressed his concern over escalating tensions in the Middle East following Iran’s missile attack Saturday against Israel, a concern he raised after imploring Christians to share their stories of encountering Christ.

St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. / Shutterstock

Vatican Sends Letter to French Embassy Over Tribunal Decision in Nun’s Dismissal Case

Apr 13, 2024

Holy See Press Office director Matteo Bruni confirmed to reporters the Vatican’s transmission of a “Note Verbal,” or a diplomatic message, to the French embassy at the Vatican.

Pope Francis blesses an unborn baby during the Papal Foundation's annual pilgrimage in Rome on Friday, April 12, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Papal Foundation Announces Nearly $15 million in Global Grants, Humanitarian Aid, to "grow Catholic faith”

Apr 12, 2024

The U.S.-based Papal Foundation announced on Friday the distribution of nearly $15 million in grants, scholarships, and charitable aid.

Pope Francis presides over Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square on March 31, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Reinstates Papal Title "Patriarch of the West" in Pontifical Yearbook

Apr 12, 2024

This honorific designation has reappeared among the list of “historical titles” used to designate the theological and temporal reality of the pontifical office.

Pope Francis addresses members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences on April 11, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Decries How "the unborn with disabilities are aborted" in Throwaway Culture

Apr 11, 2024

The pope warned “the throwaway culture” turns into “a culture of death” when people “presume to be able to establish ... when a life has value and is worth being lived.”

Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his general audience on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: "A Christian without courage" is "a useless Christian"

Apr 10, 2024

“A Christian without courage, who does not turn his own strength to good, who does not bother anyone, is a useless Christian,” the pope declared.

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery on the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks during a press conference about a new Vatican document on human dignity on April 8, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

New Vatican Document Highlights Church’s "ever-greater understanding of human dignity"

Apr 9, 2024

Dignity “belongs to the person… simply because he or she exists and is willed, created, and loved by God,” the document explains.

The crowd in St. Peter's Square for the pope's Angelus address on Jan. 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

The Catholic Church by the Numbers: More Catholics but Fewer Vocations 

Apr 8, 2024

While vocations to the priesthood and religious life have decreased overall, the Church shows signs of growth in some parts of the world — most notably Africa and Asia.

The "fullness of life" is "realized in Jesus": Pope Francis on Divine Mercy Sunday

Apr 7, 2024

“Every living encounter with Jesus enables us to have more life,” Pope Francis said in his reflection. 

Pope Francis blesses a baby at his Wednesday general audience on March 20, 2024, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Benedict XVI Defended me in Face of Accusations "that I promoted gay marriage"

Apr 3, 2024

Francis related that he had “a very beautiful visit with him when some cardinals came to see him, surprised by my words about marriage, and he was very clear with them.”

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, pictured here in 2014, took up his new post as prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith in September 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Vatican to Publish Document on "moral questions" Regarding Human Dignity, Gender, Surrogacy

Apr 2, 2024

The Holy See Press Office announced Tuesday that the new document, titled Dignitas Infinita (“Infinite Dignity”) (On Human Dignity), will debut April 8.

Pope Francis greets a woman religious at a Mass on the World Day of Consecrated Life, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, on Feb. 2, 2024, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the Month of April 2024

Apr 2, 2024

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of April is that the dignity and worth of women be recognized throughout the world. 

Pope Francis delivers the Regina Caeli address on Monday, Apr. 1, 2024 / Vatican Media

Pope Francis: The resurrection of Jesus changes our lives completely and forever

Apr 1, 2024

“Brothers, sisters, the joy of the Resurrection is not something far away. It is very close; it is ours because it was given to us on the day of our baptism.”