Vatican report reveals omissions in ‘testimony’ of Archbishop Vigano, who called for pope’s resignation over handling of McCarrick allegations

The pope has issued numerous new laws and guidelines for handling accusations of clerical sexual abuse and cover-ups by Church officials

Faith and civic leaders have urged citizens to grow more of their own food to rely less on unsustainable and costly food imports.

Caritas describes the threat of devastating flooding, impacting vulnerable people and communities

The Italian government also began new restrictions; pope’s general audiences now closed to public and will be livestreamed

Pope Francis, Austrian church and civil leaders expressed sorrow after a terrorist attack that left at least five dead in central Vienna

From CNS and staff reports VATICAN CITY. The recently released documentary “Francisco” focused the world’s attention on comments Pope Francis has made about civil unions

French bishops ordered a “death knell” to ring from every church of their country Oct. 29 after three people were hacked to death in a

Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of Poland’s bishop’s conference, appealed for dialogue “on how to protect the right to life and women’s rights.”

Archbishop Gregory will be the first African American cardinal from the U.S. Other new cardinals are from Italy, Rwanda, the Philippines, Chile, and Brunei

For World Mission Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged prayer for missionaries, catechists and “those who are persecuted or abducted in different parts of the world.”