VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics on Wednesday to go to confession during Holy Week, Christianity's most solemn period, when the faithful recall the last days of Christ's life and his ...

JERUSALEM — A document of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says that the vocation of Catholics in the Holy Land is reconciliation. The text, prepared by the diocesan theological commission, ...

While papal books, including interview books, have become rather routine since 1994’s Crossing the Threshold of Hope, the latest entry in the genre, Pope Francis’ The Name of God Is Mercy, is singular ...

During a meeting with Ahmed Qurei, Prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Pope John Paul said today that the Holy Land needs bridges and forgiveness, not walls. The Pope told Qurei that ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis pulled shut the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, formally ending the Holy Year of Mercy he declared to stress the need for greater reconciliation and ...

Pope Benedict XVI addressed the question of peace in the Holy Land today and said “certain positive signs” in the last few months give hope that “the day of reconciliation between the various ...

ROCKFORD — Welcome to Holy Family. May I hear your confession? Houses of worship have been calling off in-person services and switching to online-only gatherings amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis pulled shut the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, formally ending the Holy Year of Mercy he declared to stress the need for greater reconciliation and ...