The first-ever International Summit on Children's Rights was held in the Vatican on Monday, 3 February, with the presence of Pope Francis, advocates, and heads of NGOs. Speakers from all over the ...

Wrapping up a Vatican summit on the rights of children, Pope Francis announced he was going to publish a papal document ...

The pope shared a special message for young people, pointing to the soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis as an example of joyful ...

"God is present in the midst of his people, not because he dwells within four walls, but because he lives as a man among ...

Forgiving others is never easy, and it is even more difficult in a situation of war, but it is essential, Pope Francis told ...

The way consecrated women and men live their vows of poverty, chastity and obedience can offer light and hope to a world ...

The summit includes panels on the child’s right to resources, to education, to food and health care, to family, to free time, ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — It is unacceptable that a child’s right to life and a dignified childhood should be sacrificed to “the ...

Although not an official visit, the arrival of the Vatican’s Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli trip to the ...

A traditionalist Catholic bishop whose denial of the Holocaust created a scandal when Pope Benedict XVI rehabilitated him has died ...

The pontiff opened the two-day summit on Feb. 3 with a reflection on the many ways children are oppressed today, including ...

Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah called for the universal and unconditional application of children’s rights, urging the world to reject "a status quo that deems some children’s suffering ...