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In his letter to Catholics in the Middle East, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of ...

Pope Francis announced he would create 21 new cardinals Dec. 8, including a 99-year-old former nuncio and the 44-year-old ...

ROME -- Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals and further ...

Angelus address October 6, Pope Francis announced the creation of 21 new cardinals. The balance of power within the College ...

In a move seen by many as a backhanded reprimand, the Pope will promote a young Ukrainian bishop in Australia to cardinal, ...

On the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis expressed his solidarity with all those ...

On the anniversary of Oct. 7, the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust, I do not want to talk about peace or ...

Australia’s archbishops have rejoiced at Bishop Mykola Bychok’s “unexpected” appointment as cardinal, and have also used the ...

The Synod on Synodality remains a difficult concept to grasp for many observers. Every week, La Croix’s permanent special ...

He told synod members that the possibility of restoring the female diaconate remains an open question, but “rushing to a decision on it would short-circuit the necessary discernment on the question ...