vasilis Asvestas Secretary of State Antony Blinken with President-elect Joe Biden in the background. During his confirmation hearings last week before members of the Senate Foreign Relations...
Daniel Ibáñez Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, president of the Italian bishops' conference, at a press conference in Bari, Italy, on Jan. 22, 2020. The girl died in a hospital after being...
Stokkete A doctor visits a sick patient in the hospital. A judge ruled on Dec. 15 that life-support treatment “could be lawfully discontinued,” noting that the man’s wife and children supported the...
Chip Somodevilla President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden attend Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington, D.C., before the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20. USCCB president Archbishop...
Gergely Besenyei Children look on as people queue for food packages distributed by restaurant owner Norbert Bango (not pictured) in downtown Budapest on December 30, 2020. Hungarian families stricken...
Renewing the membership of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, a body of scholars that engages in research for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Francis added two more women...
Abiding in God's love means nurturing one's relationship with him and with all those whom God loves, Pope Francis wrote in his homily for the conclusion of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Roberto Molinari was a cheerful man from Verona, a big fan of the Italian soccer team AS Roma, and was used to sharing a meal with one the cardinals closest to Pope Francis.
With a number of nations considering some form of a "Green New Deal" for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, it is important that these efforts respect diverse cultures and economic policies,
Climate change is a global problem that requires the commitment and collective response of all humanity, said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.