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Wikimedia Commons A Catholic Church in Nagasaki, destroyed by the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of the city. COMMENTARY: My inter...

Courtney Mares/CNA Cardinals gather in St. Peter’s Basilica for the ‘Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice’ Mass on May 7, the day the conclave to...

atican Media Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the College of Cardinals, gives the homily at the ‘Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice’ Mass...

View of the top of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican AN EXPLAINER BASED ON THE CATECHISM

Peter Macdiarmid White smoke billows from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel indicating that the College of Cardinals have elec...

Marco Iacobucci Epp Children hold candles in St. Peter’s Square while praying the Rosary for Pope Francis following his death on April 21....

A pro-life group is urging the Trump administration to reinstate medical safeguards around abortion pills. Three Republican-led stat...

Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA Lt. Matt Owens of the Arlington County Police Department plays the bugle in honor of fallen service members, at the...

Cardinal Michael Czerny, pictured with ‘America’ magazine's Gerald O’Connell and his wife Elizabeth Pique, Oct. 5, 2019. Pope Franci...

Sidney de Almeida Just as the Eucharist is a mystery that transcends simple explanation, so too is the process by which the Church elects...

A view of the Vatican A bell is also rung, part of the ritual introduced when Pope Benedict XVI was elected, which confirms the smok...

The penalties for violating the seal of confession are strict, per canon law. Bishops: ‘Confessions remain sacred, secure, confident...

The New York State Capitol is located in Albany. If passed into law, the legislation will allow terminally ill adults to request med...

Vatican Media Long tables at the Sistine Chapel await the arrival of cardinals for the conclave to elect the next pope, Tuesday, May 6, 20...

WitR Saint Peter's Square with crowds of the faithful participating in the canonization Mass of seven new saints, celebrated by Pope Franc...

EWTN News Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop Robert Barron speaks to EWTN News Vatican Correspondent Colm Flynn in Rome on Monday, May 5,...

Abaca Press A white rose lays on the tomb of Pope Francis on the first day of its opening to the public in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica i...

Vatican Media Pope Francis prays near the tomb of Father Pedro Arrupe, SJ, superior general of the Society of Jesus between 1965 and 1981...

Watercolor illustration of St. Peter’s Basilica A Register Explainer

Vatican Media A member of the Papal Foundation greets Pope Francis with a personalized New Orleans Saints jersey, Friday, April 12, 2024....

View of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican from Castel Sant’Angelo Taking the estimated number of Catholics in a country and dividi...

Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, archbishop of Jakarta, speaks to reporters as he enters the 10th General Congregation at the Vatica...

EWTN News The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, speaks to EWTN News on Friday, April 25, 2025, at the Basilica of St. Paul...

Vatican Media Pilgrims attend Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica Dec. 12, 2022, to mark the feast of Our Lady of Guad...

Guilio Napolitano Pope Benedict XVI walks into Santa Sabina Church to celebrate Ash Wednesday on March 1, 2006 in Rome, Italy. Cla...