With Christmas just days away, Christians must embrace the human quality of “littleness” as a path toward living out God’s humility exhibited in Advent, the papal preacher said.

For Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, driving home for Christmas means taking a different route each year. In 2024, he marks his second Christmas in war-torn Ukraine.

Cautioning against the monotony of routine that dims the capacity to appreciate the extraordinary, Pope Francis urged young people to experience Christmas as a time to develop a sense of wonder.

Israel’s minister of diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism asked Pope Francis to clarify his remarks about the need to investigate whether the current war in Gaza constitutes a genocide.

Pope Francis will meet with outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden at the Vatican Jan. 10 to discuss efforts to promote peace worldwide, the White House’s press secretary said.

A retired New Orleans priest who walked back a public admission of sexual abuse will spend his remaining years behind bars, after pleading guilty to charges for offenses dating from 1975-1976.

Though we may know the first verse and the refrain of a number of Christmas carols, do we know the origin of these songs we sing each December?

The Catholic University of America is facing a “structural deficit of $30 million” that the school “must address through both budget cuts and revenue growth,” said president Peter Kilpatrick in a Dec. 6 email to alumni.

To have a true Christian pilgrimage experience along the Camino de Santiago — the popular pilgrimage in northern Spain that leads to the tomb of St. James — pilgrims must cultivate silence, prayer and charity along their route, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis praised Catholics who support the Pontifical Mission Societies’ work with the poor and those on the margins of society, saying such assistance is a concrete expression of Jesus’ love.