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Statue of St. Peter in front of St. Peter's Basilica. | Credit: Vatican Media

Explainer: Why Can’t a Catholic Join the Freemasons?

The Vatican recently reaffirmed that active membership in Freemasonry by Catholics is not permissible.

The fresco of St. Leo the Great, doctor of the Church, in the cupola of the Church of St. Maximus of Turin, Italy. | Credit: Renata Sedmakova/Shutterstock

St. Leo the Great: The Pope Who Clarified the Humanity and Divinity of Christ

The worldwide Church celebrates St. Leo the Great, the 45th bishop of Rome and one of only 37 doctors of...

A blessing service at St. Augustin Catholic church in Würzburg, Germany, for couples, including those of the same-sex, May 10, 2021. | Gehrig/CNA Deutsch.

TIMELINE: What has the Catholic Church said about Same-sex "blessings"?

Here’s a timeline of how the controversy over same-sex blessings has unfolded.

Former President Bill Clinton and Pope Francis have a virtual conversation during the Clinton Global Initiative meeting at the Hilton Midtown on Sept. 18, 2023, in New York City. | Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Pope Francis Says "no to war," Urges Climate Action in livestreamed Chat with Bill Clinton

“It is important to spread a culture of encounter, a culture of dialogue, a culture of listening and of understanding,”...

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Jesuits, Georgetown Donate $27 Million to Fund for Slave Descendants

With the additional funding, the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation’s fund has now reached 42% of its five-year goal of...

Pope Francis met with an interreligious delegation including leaders of Buddhism in Mongolia on May 28, 2022 | Vatican Media

Vatican Releases Schedule for Pope Francis’s Mongolia Visit in September

The Vatican released Pope Francis’s four-day schedule for the first papal visit to Mongolia in September, where the pontiff will...

Pope Francis speaks to bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians, and pastoral workers in St. Stephen's Co-Cathedral in Budapest, Hungary, April 28, 2023. | Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

Pope Francis: Solutions to Loss of Faith "come from the tabernacle, not the computer"

Pope Francis on Friday encouraged clergy and others discouraged by a shortage of priests and ebbing faith in the West...

Pope Francis at the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, Sept. 27, 2018. | Vatican Media.

Vatican Blames "failure in communication" for Anglican Service in Pope’s Church in Rome

About 50 Anglican clergymen, who are not in communion with the Catholic Church, took part in religious services at the...

Father Carlo Crespi Croci (1891-1982) holding a crucifix from his ethnographic collection in Cuenca, Ecuador. | Credit: Salesianos de Don Bosco, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Francis Puts a Priest, Three Religious Women, and Two Laywomen on Path for Sainthood

Pope Francis on Thursday declared a priest, three religious sisters, and two laywomen as venerable servants of God, moving them each a...

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Journalists at EWTN/Franciscan Conference Discuss Media Bias in the Internet Age

“What is the nature of journalism? What are we getting right and what are we getting wrong?” Father Dave Pivonka,...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd in St. Peter's Square on March 5, 2023, during his Sunday Angelus reflection. / Vatican Media

Look for the Beauty of Jesus’ Transfiguration in Everyday Life: Pope Francis

During his Sunday morning Angelus address, Pope Francis urged the faithful to reflect on the miracle of the Transfiguration and...

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Traditional Latin Mass Attendees Waiting to See Impact of New Vatican Restrictions

Some Catholics who attend the Traditional Latin Mass are awaiting the next steps from their bishops after the Vatican ordered...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby; Pope Francis; and the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields, lead a prayer service for Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian christians in Juba, Sudan. / Vatican Media

Those Who Choose Christ Choose Peace: Pope Francis at Ecumenical Prayer Service in S.Sudan

About 50,000 people attended the ecumenical prayer service.

On his second day in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa, Feb. 1, 2023, Pope Francis listened to the stories of victims of violence from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-ridden eastern region. / Vatican Media

"It’s not philanthropy, but faith": Pope Francis to Congolese Charities

The pope praised the work being done to assist those in poverty and emphasized the importance of Christian charity as...