When Pope Francis told reporters the Vatican had some kind of “mission” underway to promote an end to the war in Ukraine, journalists naturally were intrigued.

North Carolina legislators appear poised to pass a ban on abortions after 12 weeks despite objections from the state’s governor.

A Catholic response to those experiencing gender dysphoria “must both affirm God-given sex and recognize the struggle of the person in front of us,” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said in a new pastoral letter.

Five women were shot, one fatally, in the waiting room of a medical office in Atlanta May 3, sparking area lockdowns and a manhunt that lasted into the late evening.

The young Polish student directed a documentary on other disabled people traveling to Lourdes for an annual May pilgrimage with the Order of Malta.