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At an event celebrating Asia's six new Cardinals, Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, Cardinal Oswald Gracias says he hopes the entire Church in Asia will take a step forward in responding to their call to serve. “Every baptized person is called to spend themselves for the Church”, he said.

Pope Francis calls for concrete commitment to care for our common home. His words come ahead of the World Day of Prayer for Creation celebrated on 1 September which kicks off the Season of Creation which lasts till 4 October.

German Cardinal Walter Brandmüller, a once influential conservative prelate known to be at odds with several aspects of the Francis papacy, has asked that the right to vote in a conclave be limited to those residing in Rome.

A high-ranking Vatican official says the digital world is mission territory for the Catholic Church.

Pope Francis Wednesday offered prayers for the victims of violent political protests in Iraq that have left over 20 people dead, saying dialogue and fraternity are the only way to resolve the country’s current difficulties.

Nearly every parent's biggest worry is how to provide for the health, safety and welfare of their children. It's a concern that takes many forms: getting them to school safely and back again, serving them the best food and housing them safely. More and more, knowing -- really, not knowing -- what their child may be doing online is a key worry.

The Spanish bishops' conference criticized a government-backed draft law that would allow girls 16 or older to obtain abortions without parental knowledge or consent and would impose fines and disqualifications for objecting medical staff.

With St. Teresa of Kolkata's death 25 years ago, there is an entire generation of young men and women who did not see much about her life and legacy, serving "the poorest of the poor."

Marianite Sister Suellen Tennyson, who was kidnapped from the convent of her educational and medical mission in Yalgo, Burkina Faso, in early April, has been found alive and is safe after nearly five months of captivity, a congregational leader of the Marianites said Aug. 30.

El obispo Samson Shukardin ha pedido ayuda para las miles de personas afectadas por las inundaciones que han devastado su diócesis y muchas otras zonas de Pakistán.

Las redes más representativas de los diversos niveles de la educación católica en América Latina y el Caribe, reunidas del 29 al 31 de agosto en la sede del CELAM en Bogotá, compartieron el camino realizado para implementar el Pacto Educativo Global, el trabajo de las Conferencias Episcopales al respecto y las propuestas de líneas de acción conjunta

Un recuerdo familiar de Juan Pablo I, de cara a la ceremonia de beatificación prevista para el próximo 4 de septiembre: el testimonio de la hija del hermano del Pontífice veneciano, Amalia Luciani, que recuerda algunas anécdotas personales

Telegrama de condolencias del Papa a la hija del último presidente de la Unión Soviética, fallecido hoy a los 91 años: "Apreciado hombre de estado, se comprometió con el progreso de su país en un momento de importantes cambios".

En la Audiencia General, este miércoles 31 de agosto, el Santo Padre se explayó tanto sobre Ucrania como Irak, sacudido por un profundo malestar social.

The prominent former Soviet statesman and reformer who lifted the Iron Curtain, leading to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, chartered a new course in the relations with the Holy See, putting an end to decades of religious persecutions against the Catholic Church in the former USSR.

After a heavy final week of August, Pope Francis will have a chance to unwind with Denzel Washington, Patricia Heaton and Andrea Bocelli.

This week the church’s most exclusive club, the College of Cardinals, is welcoming its new members, who broaden its composition by featuring an increasingly global and younger cadre of leaders, who do not belong to the western world and thus have other priorities, and who exude zeal to implement the pope’s vision for evangelization.

After a diplomatic rift caused by one of Pope Francis’s off-the-cuff remarks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Vatican on Tuesday released a statement saying that he unambiguously condemns the “large-scale war in Ukraine initiated by the Russian Federation.”