The Vatican just held a hackathon. Take a moment to recover from the shock.

Hawking's avowed atheism did not keep him from engaging in dialogue and debate with the church as his work and contribution to the papal academy showed. 

Francis has been first and foremost “a missionary pope,” who is determined to transform the church into “a missionary church.”

The women who spoke at this year’s Voices of Faith are exemplars of faith and courage.

Cardinal Gracias, one of the pope’s top advisers, spoke about Francis on the eve of the fifth anniversary of his election.

Cardinal Kasper rejected claims from some Catholics who accuse Pope Francis of undermining church teaching on marriage.