Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich announced May 24 he is reinstating Father Michael Pfleger as senior pastor of the Faith Community of St. Sabina a "thorough review" showed "insufficient reason" to suspect the priest is guilty of abuse allegations made against him.

Burglars have stolen a set of golden rosary beads that once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots.

Haitians with a special immigration status in the U.S. have been granted an extension so that they can continue to live and work legally in the country, or apply to do so.

Líderes católicos nicaragüenses han denunciado una serie de actos represivos dirigidos hacia partidos e individuos opuestos al actual gobierno, antes elecciones nacionales en noviembre.

Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, requested that the May 30 Mass collections from all parishes in the diocese be donated in their entirety to Gaza's Holy Family Parish as a sign of solidarity following airstrikes from Israel.

About 14,000 people in drought-ravaged southern Madagascar face starvation after exhausting all their options to cope, relief organization representatives said.

Pope Francis has ordered the minor seminary that is located inside the Vatican and currently at the center of a criminal sex abuse trial to move to a new location in Rome before classes begin in the fall.

As Italian authorities investigate what caused a cable car to plunge 65 feet down into a mountainside in northern Italy, killing 14 people and leaving one child in serious condition, Pope Francis prayed for the child's recovery and for everyone affected by the tragedy.

Carta del Santo Padre a Fray Gerard Francisco Timoner, O.P., Maestro General de la Orden de Predicadores, con motivo del VIII centenario de la muerte de Santo Domingo de Caleruega.

El Prefecto del Dicasterio para la Comunicación de la Santa Sede comenta la visita del Papa al equipo de trabajo que conforma este Dicasterio y que tuvo lugar el 24 de mayo en la sede del "Palazzo Pio".

El Santo Padre insta, en la Solemnidad de Pentecostés, a encontrar soluciones justas para los más pobres y a evitar comportamientos perjudiciales para la salud pública. La exhortación de los Obispos del país.

The Dicastery for Communication was graced with the presence of Pope Francis on Monday, in his first-ever visit to the Holy See’s historic Radio station.

Welcoming the Italian bishops' decision to begin planning a national synod, Pope Francis told them that it must begin at the grassroots with "the smallest parish, the smallest diocesan institution."

The Syriac Catholic patriarch said the situation in Syria "continues to be humanly unbearable and devastating" and risks emptying the war-torn country of its Christian community for good.

St. Dominic de Guzmán's zeal for preaching the Gospel remains an example in today's world in the Catholic Church's mission to spread the Good News, Pope Francis said.

Nicaraguan Catholic leaders have decried a series of repressive acts that targeted parties and individuals linked with the opposition ahead of November elections. The churchmen also called for unity as the opposition to the increasingly tyrannical President Daniel Ortega remains fractured.

The enthusiastic welcome for the virtual guest at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington May 20 outshone the auditorium's spotlights when Pope Francis appeared from Rome, on a video screen.

For nine years, Randa Aweis battled kidney disease, urgently in need of a transplant.

Catholics around the world have their eyes on Germany as it works for change through its "Synodal Path," which is debating the issues of power, sexual morality, priestly life and the role of women in the church.

The divisions among Christians are a result of sin and must be overcome with new efforts at reconciliation and unity so that the world will believe that the Gospel truly is good news, Pope Francis said.