On March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated in more ...

Papal biographer George Weigel considered Evangelium Vitae to be the final panel of an encyclical triptych on the “moral ...

For much of the church’s history, the pope’s body was closely associated with the sanctity of his office, as the papal ...

When it came to the life issues, Pope Saint John Paul II was best known for his powerful 1995 encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" ( ...

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

Religious podcasters would do well to study his affirmations of women’s equal dignity.

St. John Paul II has the record for a hospital stay ... Nuns pray during a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. Credit: AP/Francisco Seco The ...

The 88-year-old has now spent four weeks in hospital, much of it with an uncertain prognosis, but he is no longer in imminent ...

Weigel’s keynote address followed panel discussions on the Catholic approach to antisemitism throughout history and since the ...

The 88-year-old pontiff is now able to spend some time during the day off high flows of oxygen and use just ordinary ...

Pope Francis, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by former President Joe Biden a few days before the end of ...