A plenary indulgence is remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.
Bishop Roberto Calara Mallari, 61, will succeed the late Bishop Enrique Macaraeg to become the fourth bishop of the ...
The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.
Father Robert Regoli’s insightful study, now available in an updated English edition, examines the complexities of Benedict’s ...
In his homily, which coincided with the liturgical reading of the prologue of John’s Gospel, Cardinal Koch reflected on ...
Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year on Tuesday, inaugurating a celebration of the Catholic Church that is expected to ...
Looking back over the last 12 months on the Vatican beat, it’s tempting to call 2024 “tumultuous” — tempting, that is, but ...