Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in front ...

Pope Francis oversaw a Mass in Edmonton, Canada, on Tuesday as part of his apostolic journey. The pope was dressed in vestments made by an indigenous artist and carried a handcrafted crozier for the ...

Pope Francis reflected on the Gospel of Luke and the calling of Simon Peter the fishermen, one of the first disciples called to follow Christ, during the homily on the first full day of his trip to ...

ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

Celebrating his first Christmas as the archbishop of Washington, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy during a Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle underscored that ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Leo likened the fragility of the baby Jesus at Christmas with the “defenseless populations,” such as refugees in Gaza and the homeless, in the first Christmas morning Mass ...

Pope Francis celebrated the Missa in coena Domini – the Mass of the Lord’s Supper – on Thursday, leading the Church of Rome into the sacred Paschal Triduum that culminates in the great Easter Vigil in ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Read the full text of Pope Francis' Sunday Mass homily concluding the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Today the word of God surprises us with powerful and thought-provoking ...

Here below is the Holy Father's homily for the Chrism Mass which took place in St. Peter's basilica this morning, followed by a video link to the Mass of the Lord's Supper that he celebrated this ...

Sometime ago as I stood at the back of a parish church following Mass greeting members of the parish, a family approached and its youngest member, a boy of about 5, asked me, “Why do you call us ...