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Parolin: International human rights conventions must be safeguarded in Russia-Ukraine war

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a plenary session at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine at the Burgenstock resort near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024. / Credit: ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Rome Newsroom, Sep 18,...

Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is ‘more alive’ outside of Europe

Pope Francis greets pilgrims at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Sep 18, 2024 / 08:54 am (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday said the Catholic Church is “more alive” outside...

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China officially recognizes formerly ‘underground’ bishop, Vatican says

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Pope Francis makes surprise visit to St. Monica’s tomb in Rome

Pope Francis visits the Basilica of St. Augustine in Rome...

Author explains how St. John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis have opposed the devil

Pope Francis speaks with journalist Fabio Marchese Ragona. / Credit:...

Pope Francis meets with families of 2020 Beirut blast victims

Pope Francis meets on Aug. 26, 2024, at the Vatican...

Pope Francis on Ukraine’s Russian Orthodox Church ban: ‘Churches are not to be touched!’

Pope Francis greets the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square...

Pope Francis prays for people of Nicaragua: ‘Renew your hope in Jesus’

“To the beloved people of Nicaragua: I encourage you to...

Pope Francis: War has an ‘abyss of evil’ at its center

Pope Francis addressed the International Catholic Legislators Network as it...

Pope Francis meets wrongly-imprisoned Italian man freed after 33 years behind bars

Pope Francis walks with a cane as he enters the...

Pope to Madagascar Eucharistic Congress pilgrims: Be missionaries of God’s love to others

The third National Eucharistic Congress in Madagascar is underway Aug....

Vatican approves devotion to 1945 apparition of Our Lady of Sorrows in Spain 

The Vatican has accepted the decree of an archbishop approving...

EU watchdog reports alarming rise in Christian persecution, calls for protections

Vienna Skyline with St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, Austria. / mrgb/shutterstock. CNA...

Synod on Synodality: Bishops launch regional workshops ahead of October meeting in Rome

Pope Francis made his remarks on synodality during an annual...

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The Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania....