The handling of beads in times of prayer is an old and widespread tradition, the passing of beads between fingers to count and help with concentration. The Rosary fulfills this tradition within ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, background center, poses with the participants to the second session of the 16th General ...

VATICAN CITY — A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of hopes that women would be given more equity. Pope Francis said he would ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and from Pope Francis' homily for the Oct. 27 Mass closing the synod. Pope Francis' three-year ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 25 (Reuters) - The Vatican is cutting the already shrinking pay packages of cardinals who head the Catholic Church's top offices in Rome by about 10% or 500 euros ($540 ...

Former President Donald Trump’s insults targeted a sitting Catholic president, Joe Biden, his vice president, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, a governor, a senator, a mayor, and former mayor ...

For the second year in a row, a Catholic charity's prayer campaign for peace surpassed the target of more than a million children participating, following a call by the Pope to join the event. A total ...

he urged the state and residents to support the sale, regardless of their reservations. "This is our best opportunity to preserve the Catholic identity and commitment to care," Eisenberg said.

Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare has made a $110 million offer to buy out CMC. The public comment was part of the ongoing review of the proposal by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office. 11 ...

Harris introduced the proposal when the Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor sought a religious exemption to an Affordable Care Act rule that mandated coverage of drugs that could induce abortions.

As HCA Healthcare’s proposed takeover of Manchester’s Catholic Medical Center inches closer to reality, residents and hospital workers sought assurances Wednesday night about the future ...