Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical addressed itself to the foundations of the Christian faith, and took as its title St. John’s brief summary of the nature of the divine: “God is Love,” or in the ...

Pope Francis will publish the fourth encyclical of his pontificate on Thursday on “the human and divine love of the Heart of Jesus Christ.” The encyclical entitled, “Dilexit nos,” meaning, “He has ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis urged the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to abandon the "mad pursuit" of money and instead devote themselves to their faith in a new encyclical letter, the highest form of ...

Pope Francis and global activists are pictured in a banner for the new YouTube Originals film on the pope's encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home." The film launched Oct. 4, feast of ...

Pope Francis’ landmark document on protecting the environment and battling climate change is finally out after months of anticipation — and anxiety — that in the history of encyclicals is probably ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. In Pope Francis' encyclical on climate change, he denounced the idolatry of consumerism in our ...

ROME – In his first major doctrinal letter, Pope Leo XIV has called on society to free itself from its self-centeredness and hear the cry of the poor. Society is characterized by numerous inequalities ...

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Pope Pius XI is Vicar of Christ who, his Church claims, received from God the absolute right over all created things, civil affairs, Christians and even non-Christians. So the Vicar can say with ...

The battle between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and dissident priests over Pope Paul’s anti-contraception encyclical continues. Last week the major scene of conflict was Washington, D.C., where ...