On Friday the stakes of an ongoing showdown between the Vatican and an Italian layman refusing an order to leave the monastery he founded were raised when Pope Francis directly intervened, asking for...

Jesus offers humanity a concrete model for holiness that can be lived each day, said Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa, offering the second meditation of Lent for leaders of the Roman Curia and Vatican...

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, a member of the Congregation for Bishops, the office that advises the pope on the nomination of bishops around the world.