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By Vatican News staff writer Opening his message to Archbishop Gil Tamayo of Ávila, Spain, Pope Francis noted that St Teresa was the first woman to become a Doctor of...

By Vatican News staff writer Leading the recitation of the Regina Coeli from the library of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis recalled that the day is also known as Monday...

By Devin Watkins “Defending fundamental human rights demands courage and determination.” Pope Francis begins “The Pope Video” for April with this remark, and goes on to describe exactly what he...

By Vatican News staff reporter On the eve of the Easter Triduum, Pope Francis, during his Wednesday General Audience focused on these central days of the Liturgical year, celebrating the...

Pope Francis told priests on Monday that “spiritual worldliness” is one of the worst temptations in clerical life. “Today’s problems demand that we priests conform to the Lord,” the pope...

Pope Francis on Wednesday said that Jesus entrusted the Virgin Mary to us as a Mother, “not as co-redeemer.” Speaking at his general audience on March 24, the pope said...

“Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” is the title of a new book by the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. It contains images and texts recalling the gestures and...

By Christopher Wells Pope Francis continued his reflections on prayer as a relationship with the Holy Trinity, part of an ongoing series of catechetical lessons on prayer in general. At...

“Once again and with great sadness I feel the urgency to evoke the dramatic situation in Myanmar, where so many people, especially the young, are losing their lives to offer...

By Vatican News The Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions. Such blessings, therefore cannot “be considered licit”, according to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...