To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

Those who have started their Lenten reflections may find a lot of insightful guidance from landmark encyclicals that remain ...

The Dutch flower tradition started in 1985, when a number of Catholic florists and growers decided to decorate the celebrations during Pope John Paul II’s visit to the Netherlands with their ...

Roman Catholic Cardinals preparing to elect a successor to the late Pope John Paul II held a final round of consultations, two days before beginning the ultra-secret Conclave where the voting ...

(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Cenae) 2. This is a personal invitation to you from Jesus. "Jesus waits for us in this sacrament of love." (Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Canae) 3. Jesus is counting ...

From hidden time machines to sinister plots, the Holy See has been the subject of numerous wild allegations throughout ...

Before concluding, Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I, in coming ...

Pope John Paul II wanted it to be clear that the church’s precept is not some arbitrary dictate by a tyrannical dictator in Rome. He makes it clear in his 1998 apostolic letter Dies Domini (On ...

Holy Week is an opportune time to reflect upon papal encyclicals that offer profound guidance relevant in these challenging times as the timeless wisdom found in social teachings of the Catholic Churc ...