The Beatitudes respond to the natural desire for happiness. This desire is of divine origin: God has placed it in the human heart in order to draw us to the one who alone can fulfill it." ...

“If it’s a symbol, then to hell with it ... In a commentary on the Beatitudes, Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, Pope Benedict XVI wrote in Jesus of Nazareth that, “only when the great ...

Pope Francis said that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, known as "the Man of the Eight Beatitudes, "will be a saint soon." ...

The Vatican on Friday informed a Donald Trump-supporting archbishop that he is being excommunicated for refusing to recognize Pope Francis' authority after years of outspoken public attacks.

“I would like to tell you that the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is now clear on the horizon and looks to be (possible) for the next jubilee year,” said the cardinal, who was ...

Pope Francis repeated a homophobic slur just weeks after he was forced to apologize for using it while suggesting gay men shouldn’t be ordained priests, according to reports. The pope is accused ...

Common math symbols give us a language for understanding, well, everything from budgeting to the nature of reality itself. Its building blocks are relatively simple. Even the most sophisticated ...

The conservative had became one of Pope Francis ' most ardent critics and a symbol of the polarized Catholic Church in the United States and beyond. While once enjoying support in the Vatican and ...

An image of Pope Francis wearing a stylish white puffer jacket went viral last year, prompting a flurry of comments about his choice of clothes and even questions about whether he had a stylist.

105 comedians from 15 countries have been invited to an audience with the pope on Friday, June 14 Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Pope Francis is bringing together comedians ...

Upon his canonization, Acutis will be the first canonized Catholic saint to have been born between the years 1981 and 1996 – leading some to nickname him "God's Influencer." Born on May 3 ...

A global gathering of comedians was taking place Friday in an unlikely venue: the Vatican. Pope Francis hosted the equivalent of a “conclave of comedians” by inviting Whoopi Goldberg ...