VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Mercy – the cornerstone of Pope Francis’ teaching and ministry – must guide the Catholic Church through ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin told some 200,000 people in St. Peter’s Square that Pope Francis had made the message of God’s limitless mercy the heart of his pontificate.

A San Francisco drag queen group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a self-professed “order of queer and trans nuns, ...

Tennessee lawmakers are in a race against the clock to pass legislation that would allow public schools to deny enrollment to ...

As Easter approaches and Christians prepare to celebrate, leave it to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to spark controversy.

Pope Francis was laid to rest in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome on Saturday after a funeral mass at St. Peter's ...

Together they attended Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church, singing in the choir, making church banners and helping ... for learning led her to work as a children’s librarian at the Ruidoso ...

Caritas Africa, the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa and Caritas Internationalis were among the ...

Each banner bore a photo that spoke to the ... living in fear of getting deported while at work, going to church or picking up their children at school. "It’s so important to be here at this ...

Survivors had asked for years for the Church to apologize ... a 40-metre-long red banner weaved through the crowd with the names of 4,120 children who died in residential schools.

Millions of women cook for 120 million children daily, yet earn less than $1 a day with no benefits or job security Read Full ...