Blessed Paul VI to be Canonized This Year

On February 6, the Congregation for the Causes of Saints approved a miracle attributed to the…

Vatican Sends Delegation to the Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics marks the beginning of a new, concerted effort to build the relationship…

Pope Apologizes to Sex Abuse Victims; Defends Accused Bishop

Aboard the papal flight to Lima, Peru, Pope Francis apologized for comments made in Iquique, Chile…

Vatican Asks Underground Chinese Bishops to Resign

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Pietro Cardinal Parolin, has asked Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian of Shantou,…

Pope Francis Visits Myanmar and Bangladesh

In early December, Pope Francis concluded a diplomatically-tricky visit to Asia, where he visited the countries…

Pope Francis Issues Clarifying Letter

Pope Francis issued a letter to Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, on…

Vatican Holds Conference on Human Trafficking

Though it is impossible to procure exact numbers (most estimates range between 25 and 46 million),…

Acts of Violence Prompt Concerted Response from Church Leaders

On October 31, a 29-year-old Uzbeki man, Sayfullo Saipov, attacked civilians with a rental truck, killing…

Bishops of Pakistan Declare Year of the Eucharist

In an officially Muslim country plagued by sectarian violence, the Pakistani Catholic Church took a bold…

The Paris Statement

In early October, ten well-known European intellectuals signed The Paris Statement: A Europe We Can Believe…