Christopher White

In a new letter, Archbishop Santo Marciano challenged Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's COVID-19 vaccination misinformation, saying it was his duty to remind military personnel that the church supports vaccines and of Pope Francis' admonition that it is "an act of love" to be vaccinated.

Pope Adrian VI is credited with starting church reform that continues under Pope Francis. He also resembled Francis in calling for clergy to embrace humility and austerity and to recognize poverty as a scandal.

The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an "infodemic," Pope Francis said on Jan. 28, at a meeting where he praised a Catholic media group combating vaccine misinformation.

Pope Francis on Jan. 26 told parents not to condemn children who have different sexual orientations.

Pope Francis' belief that elderly wisdom should be shared with the young led to his participation in a new Netflix documentary series. The series' editorial consultant told NCR about the pope's hands-on collaboration in the process.

The Jan. 15 volcanic eruption in Tonga is a painful reminder that despite scientific advances, there has been little action to prevent natural disasters, Cardinal Czerny said during a prayer service for the island nation.

Pope Francis' Jan. 23 installation of lay men and women in the ministries of lector and catechist is a continuation of the unfinished work of the Second Vatican Council, said Catholic liturgists and theologians who heralded the move as both "historic" and "long overdue."

A German report's faulting of retired Pope Benedict XVI's handling of four cases of clergy sexual abuse in the 1970s and '80s has sparked shocked reactions among victims' advocates, theologians, and even Vatican officials.

The Vatican's Secretary of State, Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, substitute secretary for general affairs, are both insolation after testing positive for the coronavirus.

Cycling is not a novel activity in Rome, though it is a far less common mode of transportation than it is in London, Paris or New York. That could begin to change, thanks in part to some encouragement from the Vatican.

Pope Francis named Archbishop Giacomo Morandi, secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, to head an Italian diocese, a move that could signal an overhaul of one of the Vatican's most important offices.

Pope Francis on Jan. 10 used his annual address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps to warn against a "cancel culture" mentality, which he said has been "invading many circles and public institutions."

Cardinal Michael Czerny says a new photo exhibition on Amazonia captures the majesty and fragility of a region that is both one of the world's most important ecosystems and one of great importance to the church.

Pope Francis used his annual Christmas Day message to plead for equal distribution of vaccines as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on for a second holiday season in a row.

Indifference towards those on the margins is an offense to God's love, warned Pope Francis during his Christmas Eve Mass.

Pope Francis on Dec. 23 told members of the Vatican bureaucracy that their work should be guided by humility and service, not a "spiritual worldliness" masked by liturgy, doctrine and religious devotion.

Pope Francis on Dec. 23 accepted the resignation of Cardinal Peter Turkson as head of the Vatican's office for peace and justice.

Pope Francis urged global leaders to spend more money on education and devote fewer resources to weapons in his 2022 World Day of Peace message.

Pope Francis has approved further clarifications regarding restrictions on the traditional Latin Mass in an effort to ensure that liturgical reform is "irreversible.”

Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley on Dec. 17 defended Pope Francis against criticisms from the U.S.-based Eternal Word Television Network, known as EWTN, saying the Catholic media empire's attacks on Francis are not representative of how most Catholics view the pope.