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Pope Francis celebrated Palm Sunday in St. Peter’s Square April 13.

International agencies collaborate on Philippine typhoon relief efforts for a more efficient recovery.

Pope Francis celebrated the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual at a rehabilitation center in Rome, April 17.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. bishops’ pro-life office sees a positive trend in a new Pew survey that shows a shrinking majority in the support of the death penalty.

The biographer of Blessed John Paul II talks about how the Second Vatican Council shaped the future pope’s program for the church.

Pope Francis appealed to members of the Mafia during a prayer vigil with family members of innocent victims of Italian gangsters.

The lone clerical abuse victim on a new papal commission calls the move important for the church.

Supporters and opponents of the contraceptive mandate let their voices be heard outside of the U.S.Supreme Court in Washington March 25.

Pope Francis discussed the vocation to the priesthood during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square March 26.

CNS Rome bureau chief Francis X. Rocca looks at the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama to the Vatican.