Vatican Archive

Pope Again Prays for Maui Victims, Makes Appeal for Migration Reform VATICAN CITY (CNS) – After leading the recitation of the Angelus prayer on Sunday, August 13, Pope Francis again […]

By Northwest Catholic NAGASAKI, Japan (OSV News) – On the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Archbishop Paul D. Etienne of Seattle and Archbishop John C. Wester of […]

By Justin McLellan, Catholic News Service LISBON, Portugal (CNS) – To end “Catholic Woodstock” – as World Youth Day has been called by the Portuguese press – Pope Francis told […]

By James Ramos, OSV News LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) – After spending the evening with Pope Francis in a solemn time of Eucharistic adoration and listening to his message during […]

By Paulina Guzik, OSV News LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) – Selia Nunez celebrated her 16th birthday two weeks ago, and now she is in Lisbon, enjoying her first World Youth […]

By Justin McClellan VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church is not a “club” for the elderly; it needs the participation of young people to keep it alive and ensure […]

By Katie Yoder OSV News – Jake Finkbonner first decided to become a medical doctor when he was in middle school. “I’d love to help people the same way that […]

U.S. Official Calls State of Religious Freedom in Nigeria ‘Abysmal,’ Says Country in ‘Slow -Motion Genocide’ WASHINGTON, D.C. (OSV News) – The chairman of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, […]

BY MARIA WIERING AND PAULINA GUZIK OSV News — In 1997, then-19-year-old Jessica Smith sang on the papal stage at World Youth Day (WYD) in Paris as pilgrims made their […]

Pence Pushes Back on False Claims about Ukraine’s Religious Freedom at GOP Forum DES MOINES, Iowa (OSV News) – Former Vice President Mike Pence had a tense exchange with former […]