Pope Francis on Friday encouraged clergy and others discouraged by a shortage of priests and ebbing faith in the West to pray for God’s help, saying the solutions will “come from the tabernacle and ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday celebrated Mass in St. Peter’s Square on the occasion of the Jubilee of Consecrated Life. Since Wednesday, religious men and women, monks and contemplatives, members of ...

Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life recently published the first issue of its new magazine Sequela Christi which replaces ...

The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, thanked the members of the consecrated life living in his archdiocese for their work and described them as “bridges to God” for all they meet.

Pope Francis met Wednesday with leaders of orders of Catholic sisters and nuns from around the globe, telling them that the lives of consecrated persons are a "light in the world." "What would the ...

After candlelight filled a darkened St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Francis asked consecrated men and women not to let their spirits "doze off" while waiting to encounter the Lord but to keep their hearts ...

Pope Francis waves to young people at the Martyrs’ Stadium in Kinshasa, Congo, Thursday Feb. 2, 2023. (Credit: Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP.) Listen KINSHASA – On his last full day in the Democratic ...

Every society has had groups of men and women who have pursued a community life at variance with that of mainstream society, and thus paradoxically transforming their societies for the better. They ...

Speaking on Friday afternoon on the first day of his three-day visit to Hungary’s historic capital, Pope Francis acknowledged the many reasons for Christians to feel disheartened today, including the ...