
Pope Francis launches a special year dedicated to the “Amoris Laetitia family”
A family, the Holy Father explained, must first be a “house of prayer” where relationships are regenerated in love and forgiveness.

Vatican announces document is titled “Amoris Laetitia”

“The teaching of the Church is not my property, it is given to us...”

One couple’s example may hold the key to upcoming document

The rift between Anglicans and the U.S. Episcopal Church has implications for the Catholic Church, too

Medicaid and some insurance companies are now covering sex reassignment surgeries, but good therapy should come first, say experts

Four seasons of Francis rocking our world

Is it possible to be pastoral without the internal forum solution?

A careful analysis of Pope Francis's words reveals his true intentions regarding communion for the divorced and remarried

Wouldn't it make sense for such personal scrutiny to take place before the couple ever gets near the altar?

At Wednesday audience, the Holy Father also says "this is not the time to examine the conclusions" of the Synod.

The synod was neither a great success nor a huge failure, but a useful marker

Conversation and dialogue should be a normal part of discernment.

The teachings of Jesus Christ, the Council of Trent and the magisterium of Pope John Paul II are still in full force

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Archbishop says

Sometimes a thought is just a thought, but it comes off as something else

"Freshness of language" is important when reaching out to people today

Says "first duty is not to hand down condemnations or anathemas, but to proclaim God’s mercy"