Pope Francis tells pilgrims at his April 3 general audience that women have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
CNS Rome bureau chief Francis X. Rocca discusses the relationship between the Vatican and the United Nations since Pope Paul VI.
Francis X. Rocca discusses the announcement that Pope Francis and a team of cardinals will study a reform of the Roman Curia.
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Kimberly Bowes explains how early Christian house churches inform our understand of primitive Christianity.
U.S. Army chaplain Father Emil Joseph Kapaun was honored posthumously with the Medal of Honor for his bravery in the Korean War.
Pope Francis took possession of the cathedral of Rome, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on April 7.
Pope Francis prays the Regina Coeli with pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square.
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith discusses the unique conciliatory role the pope has in world affairs.
A look at the person and place of St. Francis of Assisi, the inspiration for the name of the new pope.
A montage of Pope Francis' first celebration of the Easter triduum at the Vatican.