Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis said Church and society need to defend and support the family, and he asked families to pray together every day for the gift of peace.

Pope Francis asked Christians to contemplate that God did not choose to come into the world in grandeur, but as a humble child born into poverty.

Yes. Catholics have an obligation to attend Mass on both Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, and on the following day, Sunday, December 26.

In a meeting with disabled children and their caregivers at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that if disability or illness makes life more difficult, it is no less worthy of being lived, and lived to the fullest.

Sacramental confession has healing abilities that priests should especially emphasize to help bring God’s love and consolation to a world damaged by two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis has encouraged young people suffering from addiction to take an honest look at their suffering, and courageously to invite Christ into their lives.

Tradition holds that St. Jerome brought the mantle from the Holy Land.

Scientists at a university in Liverpool unveiled what they say is the most realistic portrait ever created of St. Nicholas of Myra, the popular 4th century bishop best known as the inspiration for the modern-day figure of Santa Claus.

Pope Francis shared advice for engaged and married couples based on the example provided by the Holy Family.

‘Today, a revolution is underway,’ the pope told the Pontifical Council for Culture.