In Assisi, Pope Francis greets children with disabilities, says they bear the wounds of Christ.

Officials at the Blessed John Paul II Shrine in Washington are preparing for the canonizations of two late popes.

Catholic leaders say the U.S. government shutdown is hurting the most vulnerable.

Addressing a conference on Oct. 12, Pope Francis outlined two dangers to the vocation of women.

Immigration reform appears to have gotten lost in the shuffle of Washington stalemates.

Pope Francis discussed the spirit of true charity while visiting the Italian island of Sardinia, September 22.

Catholic scholar Maryann Cusimano Love says prayer is a productive way of minimizing or avoiding violence and war.

Pope Francis announced that April 27, 2014, will be the canonization date for the Blesseds John Paul II and John XXIII.

CNS Rome bureau chief Francis X. Rocca looks at Pope Francis' meeting with a group of refugees in Rome September 10.

CNS looks at the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications and the state of church communications today.