CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Siglos de experiencia lidiando con la muerte, u ocasional renuncia, de un Papa han dejado a la Iglesia Católica con instrucciones detalladas sobre quién tiene la ...

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Cuando las luces de la Basílica de San Pedro se apagaron y el silencio se apoderó de la basílica, una única llama -- el cirio pascual -- atravesó ...

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- La esperanza de los cristianos no es un signo de evasión de la realidad, sino de confianza en el poder de Dios para vencer al pecado y a la muerte, como demuestra cla ...

ROMA (CNS) -- Los "constructores de Babel" de hoy están construyendo un infierno en la tierra, rechazando a todos los que ellos deciden que son "perdedores", escribió el Papa Francisco en las meditaci ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning released the following statement April 21: I was deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Pope Francis. His legacy as Holy Father is broad and deep. In his ministry ...

Maybe we imagine ourselves stubbornly standing by Him as all others abandon and condemn Him. But let's be honest -- the ...

The pews of the St. Catherine Church in Bethlehem were full and it was standing room only, as parishioners dressed in colorful Easter finery filled in for the Easter ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the resurrection of Jesus clearly shows, Pope Francis wr ...

As the lights of St. Peter's Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame -- the paschal candle -- pierced through the gloom, rep ...

Against the backdrop of deep differences with the Trump administration over migration and foreign aid as well as concerns for Ukraine and for Gaza, the Vatican secretary of state ...

Easter morning Mass in St. Peter's Square is celebrated each year amid thousands of flowers, trees and bushes thanks to a coalition of Dutch flower producers and dozens of volunt ...