Pope has been hospitalised and confided in close aides that he may not survive. The pontiff has made significant moves to ...

Pope Francis, in critical condition with a complex lung infection, rested well during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said Sunday.

Opening prayer – to be prayed before each day’s special prayer Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of ...

As this is a day of mourning, Catholics should, if possible, refrain from work and participate in the liturgy. The Church also teaches that Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence.

So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold which though perishable is tested by fire... 1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory.

According to a rule established by Paul VI, the number of cardinal electors in case of a conclave should not exceed 120. However, what was a maximum for his predecessors seems to have become a ...

Sister Raffaella Petrini, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist, was officially appointed by Pope Francis as head of the Governatorate and Commission of Vatican City.