Catholics need to ask themselves whether their communities are a “concrete sign of unity and love” or simply a group of people who happen to live near each other or, worse, a collection of folks ranked according to wealth, Pope Francis said.

Persecution has led to people spreading — not forgetting — the Gospel to the many places they go, Pope Francis said.

Meeting Feb. 17 with a group of Mexican entrepreneurs, the pope urged them to pay special attention to their relationship with God so they may be signs of God’s presence in the world of finance.

The text of the pope’s message focused on seeing Lenten penance and the synodal experience both as arduous journeys that lead to the wondrous experience of Christ’s divine light and splendor.

ROME (OSV News) — A series of deadly raids by Israeli authorities in the West Bank and attacks on Jewish civilians in the first month of the new year have made the goal of a lasting peace in the Holy Land seemingly unattainable. The Jan. 26 raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, which […]

“I am close to you, and I pray for you,” Pope Francis told the Turkish people reeling from earthquakes that killed nearly 42,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, according to figures updated Feb. 16.

Pope Francis told Jesuits working in Congo that he had taken seriously the promise he and all Jesuits make to not seek offices of authority and power in the church and, in fact, he twice declined becoming a bishop.

Pope Francis sent 10,000 thermal shirts to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, where millions are sleeping outdoors in below-freezing temperatures.

To help local parishes, schools, other groups and individuals reflect on the practical and concrete action they can take to help tackle environmental challenges, the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and the Stockholm Environment Institute have released a guidebook.

At his general audience Feb. 15, the pope continued his series of catechesis on evangelization and apostolic zeal.