Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican's ambassador to the U.S. known as the Apostolic Nuncio, took part in the Mass, ...

Argentine-born Pope Francis was forced Sunday to interrupt his homily in St. Peter's Square during the Armed Forces Jubilee Sunday due to notorious breathing difficulties. “Now I apologize and ...

In recent weeks the 87-year-old pope has been suffering on and off from bronchitis and influenza and has delegated an aide to ...

An unusual situation unfolded during the Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican as Pope Francis chose not to deliver the homily, a decision reportedly linked to his ongoing health issues. About 30,000 ...

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(photo: Daniel Ibáñez / CNA) Prayers filled St. Peter’s Basilica Sunday as Archbishop Rino Fisichella delivered Pope Francis’ prepared homily to over 4,000 permanent deacons gathered for a ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Father Andrew Hart reminds us of the importance of helping those in need, quoting St. John Chrysostom's homily on the need to ...

In order to raise our spirit but a little over the vanity of this world in which it is ordinarily immersed, we shall impress in our minds, brothers and sisters, the image of the holy chief Apostles ...

The pope's prepared homily was read by Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, at a Mass concluding the Jubilee of the World of Volunteering March 9 ...

In a papal homily read by Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça at a Mass for the Jubilee of Artists in St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 16, artists were urged to be “witnesses to the ...