Laura Ieraci - Catholic News Service

Harsh criticisms meted out by Pope Francis on free-market capitalism have sparked backlash from some fiscal conservatives and have led some people to call him "anti-capitalist" or even Marxist.Ahead of his apostolic visit to the United States in September, some are bracing themselves for m

Assures “juridical recognition” and “guarantees” for church’s work in Palestine.

It took place in silence and lasted only a few minutes, but Pope Francis' time of prayer and contemplation before the Shroud of Turin was marked with gestures of reverence and tenderness.Revered by many as the burial cloth of Jesus, the shroud was the second stop on the pope's packed itinera

The cold-heartedness demonstrated in the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East is like a bitter winter that seems like it will never end, said Pope Francis.

Six decades and hundreds of film and television scores later, award-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone premiered his first-ever Mass in the Church of the Gesu, the Jesuits' main church in Rome.A parishioner at the historic church in the city centre, Morricone composed the Mass to mark the

Reconciliation between the Catholic and Orthodox churches is urgently needed, said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in an extensive interview with a prominent Jesuit journal.Due to great suffering and injustice around the world, "today, perhaps even more than 50 years ago, the

The appointment of a controversial bishop in Chile was made after a careful review found no "objective reasons" to prevent Bishop Juan Barros from taking over the Diocese of Osorno, the Vatican press office said.The bishop had been accused of covering up for a priest who was known to have