Pope Francis praised and encouraged young climate activists in their efforts to build a more fraternal society that cares for the environment.

Pope Francis calls for the safety of all Nigerians to be guaranteed in the wake of attacks by suspected Islamist militants which killed at least 40 people.

Pope Francis sends a video message to some 400 young people from 197 countries participating in a 3-day Youth4Climate meet taking place in Milan, northern Italy.

In a message to the Council of Europe, Pope Francis reiterates his call for immediate action to protect our common home. The message was sent on the occasion of a panel of discussion on environment and human rights organized by the Council’s Assembly in preparation for the COP26 on climate change.

Coca growers from the Yungas region pray in front of police during a protest over the control of the leaf's main market, in La Paz, Bolivia.

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, New York, and named Bishop Robert J. Brennan of Columbus, Ohio, to succeed him.

Fr. George Holley in Yuma, speaks on his divorce and the importance of walking with others like him. Fr. Holley is now ministering others who are divorced, or separated through the Rose Sweet program.

Se realizó en la Oficina de Prensa del Vaticano, la presentación de la Sesión Plenaria de la Academia Pontificia para la Vida sobre el tema "La salud pública en perspectiva global. Pandemia, bioética, futuro". El Presidente de la Academia Pontificia: debe crecer la cultura de la responsabilidad.

Un urgente llamado a la paz y reconciliación lanza la diócesis colombiana de Itsmina-Tadó ante el peligro que corren comunidades de la región por el anuncio de posibles genocidios por parte de grupos insurgentes y bandas criminales por el control del territorio

Un cáncer social alimentado por la corrupción y la avaricia: así definió el Secretario General del Celam y Arzobispo de San Juan de Cuyo, Monseñor Lozano, el drama del narcotráfico en Argentina. En medio del clima electoral, con las legislativas previstas para noviembre, se levanta también la voz del presidente del episcopado argentino que lamenta los “tantos insultos a un cuerpo social irritado” después de todo lo que ha pasado.

Publicamos la traducción no oficial del prefacio del Papa al volumen “Fraternità Segno dei Tempi. Il magistero sociale di Papa Francesco” del Cardenal Michael Czerny y Don Christian Barone, en librerías a partir del próximo jueves. "La fraternidad será más creíble -escribe el Pontífice- si empezamos también en la Iglesia a sentirnos "fratelli tutti" y a vivir nuestros respectivos ministerios como un servicio al Evangelio y a la construcción del Reino de Dios y al cuidado de la Casa Común."

The Archbishop of Erbil expresses his concern over the return of the Taliban in Afghanistan, saying the upcoming withdrawal of remaining US troops from Iraq could have a negative impact on Christians and other minorities in Iraq.

On the opening day of the 65th International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Holy See has renewed the Church's call for a nuclear weapons-free world

Speaking at a Press Conference presenting the Pontifical Academy for Life's upcoming Plenary Assembly, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia talks about the importance of global equality in healthcare.

The bishops of Canada, as a tangible expression of their commitment to walk with Indigenous Peoples along the pathway of hope, are making a nation-wide collective financial commitment to support healing and reconciliation initiatives for residential school survivors, their families, and their communities.

On the occasion of the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul, the Catholic Primate of All Ireland recalled that even the smallest actions of generosity and compassion can make a difference to someone who is struggling with poverty.

Death row inmates in Florida's prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their "house," with some having lived in their "house" for 40 years -- longer than one Catholic lay chaplain said he has lived in his family home in Tallahassee.

God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun's heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita, Kansas, said during a homily Sept. 26 in Pilsen, the hometown of the war-hero priest and sainthood candidate.

Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington urged people to take up Pope Francis' invitation to "move from indifference to solidarity" to be better understand the plight of migrant people and refugees around the world.

Pope Francis may have kissed the feet of South Sudan's warring political leaders in a dramatic 2019 appeal for peace, but armed conflict continues to cause death and displacement in the world's newest country, pushing Catholic leaders here to plead for the conflict's victims.