The flag of Vatican City will not fly over Toronto City Hall to mark the annual St. John Paul II Day for the first time in nearly two decades.

Pope Francis, who is responding well to treatment for pneumonia, thanked his doctors and healthcare workers on Sunday as he ...

Pope Francis had a good night and continues to rest, as he battles pneumonia in hospital. The Vatican said in a statement: ...

Pope Francis had a good night and continues to rest, as he battles pneumonia in hospital. The Vatican said in a statement: “The night passed quietly; the Pope is resting.” The Holy Father’s clinical ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Purim and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Purim starts tonight and ...

One of the world’s finest private collections of Greco-Roman antiquities is owned by the Torlonias, a wealthy Italian family. It features 622 sculptures, including sarcophagi, statues of deities and ...

Faithful gather around a statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel outside Saint Joseph’s Church, Hammonton, in July 2022. (File ...

Ed Rendell wants to build a national monument in LOVE Park for the Semiquincentennial. The city said no. Former Gov. Ed ...

The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of ...

For the first time since his hospitalization around three weeks ago, Pope Francis is showing a good response to treatment, a Vatican source told CNN. This follows a statement from the Vatican ...

Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and his doctors note a "gradual, slight improvement," the Vatican said on March 8. A statement released at 7 p.m. local time this ...