Recognizing that Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II have widespread reputations for holiness and that years of studying their lives and actions have proven their exceptional virtue, Pope Francis announced he would declare his two predecessors saints at a single ceremony April 27.The pope made the a

The advisory group of cardinals appointed by Pope Francis will become a regular Vatican council.

Backstabbing and gossip hurt people and harm God's desire for a united human family, Pope Francis said. Unity is a gift from God, "but often we struggle to live it out," he said. "We are the ones who create lacerations."The pope also asked people to pray for persecuted C

'It is not my work only. It is the Lord's." Such was the summation of Sister Angelique Namaika, a member of the Augustine Sisters of Dungu and Doruma, as she spoke to reporters in an international conference call upon winning the Nansen Refugee Award bestowed annually by the U.N. H

One day after the tragic shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl celebrated a Mass for consolation and healing in which he prayed for the victims of the rampage and asked God to "heal the wounds in our society so that we can prevent tragedies such as we have just witnesse

Researchers with the New York-based Human Rights Watch today charged that the Syrian government is the likely culprit in chemical weapons attack on rebel-held suburbs of Damascus, which according to the Obama administration resulted in the deaths of 1429 people, including 426 children. The attacks a