In his main address, the pope spoke about St. Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary and foster father of Jesus, as part of his series of talks on "Jesus Christ our hope," which is the theme for his weekly catechesis throughout the Jubilee Year.

"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this is my time to lead," Gold said.

Pope Francis offered his condolences to the families of victims and to the entire nation following a deadly midair collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter near Washington.

St. Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his word and plan into action, Pope Francis said.

VATICAN: ‘In East Asia and in various parts of the world millions of families are celebrating the Lunar New Year today, an occasion to experience family and friendship relationships with greater intensity.

POPE Francis appointed author and theologian Professor Mary Healy to the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments this month and she sat down with CNA to discuss her role. Led by British Cardinal Arthur Roche,

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days, connected to the creation story in which God created the world in six days and rested on the next.

According to a rule established by Paul VI, the number of cardinal electors ... his predecessors seems to have become a minimum for Pope Francis, who announced the nomination of 21 new cardinals ...

A young Italian couple has gone to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the Vatican bank.

A young Italian couple is going to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the Vatican bank

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A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died. Richard Williamson was 84.