By Fr Michael Tran SINCE the Monday after Easter, the attention of the Catholic Church and the whole world was focused on the ...

The papacy of Pope Francis ended with the same core doctrine for LGBTQ+ people that he inherited: The Catholic Church still ...

During the Chrism Mass on April 14, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy (at center ...

The woman said that the priest would touch her hand and hair during group blessings at the temple. She said in the interview: 'I want to move away, don't touch my hair, I wanted to pull away.

More than 180,000 people and hundreds of priests and religious ministers of ... was approachable – he loved meeting people; he shook hands and spoke to them. "Even when he was very like ...

a priest from Spain who teaches canon law at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, came to the square to pray in silence with a rosary in his hands in front of St. Peter’s Basilica.

“As a priest, you want to be present with your ... Francis clasped one baby’s hand in blessing. Another infant he touched on the forehead. Some of the children cried. The pope waved his ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Pope Francis' life, he had what was unknowingly his last meeting with a global leader: U.S ...

A man of prayer and intellect with a strong devotion to the Blessed Mother, Pope Francis entrusted the faithful to the mercy ...

In a March 29 letter, the bishop outlined accusations against Fr Musasizi, a priest of the Congregation ... the reception of the Eucharist in the hand or while standing, which he called sacrilegious.

At the end of Thursday’s proceedings, Fr Murphy shook the boy’s hand and they exchanged words before hugging. The priest also thanked all those who had assisted him after the attack.