Pope Francis authorizes the promulgation of various decrees for the Causes of Saints, advancing the causes of canonization ...

Blessed José Gregorio Hernández is known at the ‘doctor of the poor.’ Also to be canonized: Blessed Bartolo Longo. Additional ...

The reason for the visit was announced today: The Holy Father authorized the decrees designating five persons as servants of ...

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who gave his life ministering to fellow soldiers in a North Korean prison camp.

England women's manager Sarina Wiegman and forward Alessia Russo speaks at a press conference ahead of their UEFA Women's ...

Catholic worshippers 'concerned' over Pope Francis' health. Worshippers from all over the world have come to the Vatican to ...

Kapaun is one of five servants of God who will be proclaimed venerable by the Catholic Church. Renowned Korean War military ...

Pope Francis has approved the canonisation of two new saints from his hospital bed, the Vatican said Tuesday, as the ...

While attending St. Carthage School in his native Chicago as a sixth grader in 1958, Wilton Gregory was inspired to become ...

Pope Francis has approved the canonization of two new saints from his hospital bed, the Vatican revealed on Tuesday, as the ...

Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be released from the hospital.

In the same square where, on his first day as pope, he blessed the people and asked for their blessing, on Monday that same ...