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Focusing on poverty and sacrificing for the poor are the heart of the Gospel, not signs of communism, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass.Furthermore, if Christians don't dig deep and generously open up their wallets, they do not have "genuine faith," the pope said June 16 during the

Although a new Pew Research Center study shows that Pope Francis remains just as popular as ever among Catholics across demographic and political lines (86 percent view him favorably), its recent polling suggests his hotly anticipated encyclical on the environment may only impress about half his U.S

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.

"Laudato Si'," the title Pope Francis chose for his encyclical on the environment, comes from a hymn of praise by St. Francis of Assisi that emphasizes being in harmony with God, with other creatures and with other human beings, said the head of the Franciscan order.Sitting under tower

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

Most Americans—including people from every major religious group—predict gay marriage will be legalized nationwide when a hotly anticipated Supreme Court ruling is announced later this month. Among those who favor legalizing same-sex marriage, 80 percent think the high court will rule th

Francesco Cesareo, chair of the National Review Board, told bishops even though progress has been made, there is no room for complacency on abuse of minors.

A week before the anticipated release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on human ecology and the environment, the U.S. bishops were urged to help Catholics hear and understand it.

Ongoing crisis in eastern Ukraine was the principal topic of their conversation.

The U.S. bishops join with other religious leaders and civic leaders “in pledging to work for healing and reconciliation” after a series of racial conflicts “that have taken place around our beloved country,” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky.