The American bishops as a group have failed and that failure has deprived them of their voice. Pope Francis has told them ...

Pope Francis’s letter poses an implicit question to the whole church in the United States: Will we subject our political debates on immigration to the scrutiny of the Gospel or not?

Archbishop Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, thanked Pope Francis and said the bishops join the ...

Not so Pope Francis this week. It was not a spokesman, but the Pope himself, and his letter was drafted in the form customary ...

Christian cosmopolitanism calls for an expansion of our circle of concern, not to close it to anyone but Americans.

Making the effort to use his own voice at the end of the audience, the pope earnestly pleaded with Catholics to “do our best” ...

During the general audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis called on the faithful to pray and do penance for peace. The Holy ...

The full text of Pope Francis' letter to the US Bishops follows: I am writing today to address a few words to you in these delicate moments that you are living as Pastors of the People of God who walk ...