The Church prays for the dead, and this prayer says much about the reality of the Church itself. It says that the Church continues to live in the hope of eternal life. Prayer for the dead is ...

As he recovers from bilateral pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis has released his message for the 62nd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, which falls this year on May 11.Entitled ...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March is ... making it look forward with hope. Even when there’s no possibility of the happy ending we’d like, God’s grace gives us the ...

As the Vatican closely monitors Francis's health, the Catholic Church is rallying in prayer. Father Nunzio Corrao ... the 'spes contra spem,' hope against all hope," Corrao said, according ...

She joined in the prayer with her Jewish husband, Donald. Professor Daniel Rober, chairman of the Department of Catholic Studies at the University of the Sacred Heart in Connecticut, recalled in ...