IMAGE: CNS photo/Paul Haring By Cindy Wooden ROME (CNS) -- Cones raised in the air, the crowd gathered for dinner at the Sant'Egidio Community's soup kitchen toasted Pope Francis on his name day, the...

IMAGE: CNS/Vatican Media By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Italian government granted citizenship to Alfie Evans, a seriously ill British toddler, in a last-minute effort to prevent doctors...

IMAGE: CNS photo/Jorge Cabrera, Reuters By Junno Arocho Esteves VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called for an end to violence in Nicaragua after several days of protests against proposed social...