Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the plight of children, telling his weekly general audience that the faithful cannot remain indifferent to the problem of child labor.

Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the plight of children ... a scandal that has convulsed the Catholic Church for decades. The 88-year-old pope sounded congested throughout ...

Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the plight of children ... Francis didn’t refer explicitly to the sexual abuse of children by priests, a scandal that has convulsed the Catholic ...

Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the plight of children, telling his weekly general audience that the faithful cannot remain indifferent to the problem of child labor. “Children ...

2399 The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally ...

We cannot baptize a child against the wishes of its parents; and if the parents are not Catholics, they must not only consent to the baptism, but also agree to bring the child up in the Catholic ...