Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, uses holy water to bless the main altar in the basilica June 3, 2023, as part of an act of reparation after a man climbed on the altar naked.

Act of reparation performed on altar of St. Peter's Basilica

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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter's Basilica, celebrated a penitential rite at the basilica's main altar June 3 after a man climbed up on it naked before being apprehended.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni applauds Pope Francis during a meeting about families and Italy's declining birthrate May 12, 2023, in Rome.

It's unfair, humiliating if only the rich can build a family, Pope Francis says

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Starting a family and having children has become a kind of herculean task when instead it should be valued and supported by everyone, Pope Francis said at a meeting in Rome on Italy's severe decline in population growth.

A Swiss Guard salutes during a swearing-in ceremony for new Swiss Guard recruits in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 6, 2023.

Every moment is a chance to live the Gospel, Pope Francis tells new Swiss Guards

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Pope Francis asked 23 new members of the Pontifical Swiss Guard to draw close to the sacraments, read Scripture and meditate on spiritual texts, including during calm shifts on guard.

Pope Francis kisses the encolpion, an icon Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic bishops wear instead of a pectoral cross, as he greets Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, director of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church, at the end of the pope's general audience May 3, 2023, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

After praying for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis greets Russian Orthodox official

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Shortly after urging people to pray the rosary for peace and entrusting the people of Ukraine to Mary's care, Pope Francis met briefly with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, director of external relations for the Russian Orthodox Church.

U.S. Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, adjunct secretary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, looks on as Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the dicastery, speaks to Pope Francis about the work of the Pontifical Biblical Commission during an audience April 20, 2023, in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican.

Suffering is a reality to explore, not ignore, Pope Francis says

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Suffering and death are human realities that raise questions people need to ask themselves, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis celebrates the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at Rome's Casal del Marmo prison for minors, April 6, 2023.

Everyone can 'fall,' Pope Francis tells inmates; Jesus wants to save each one

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Jesus never abandons anyone; he has come to save, serve and accompany everyone, Pope Francis told young inmates.

Known as the “Professor of Spacewalking,” Allissa Battocletti Noffke is pictured above at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston training an astronaut in using the tools that are needed during a space mission. An alum of Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, Battocletti Noffke, 35, also works with Mission Control when American astronauts are in space.

Faith the foundation for spacewalk prof

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The path to Easter is Christ’s Way

The path to Easter is Christ’s Way

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In this final stretch before Easter, let’s return to where we began — looking at the entirety of Christ’s way of being, as an integral whole of truth, goodness and beauty. Any other way risks removing something essential. 

Hearing the Lenten call to conscience

Hearing the Lenten call to conscience

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Pope Francis greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting that also included Hungarian President János Áder at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 12, 2021. The Vatican announced Feb. 27, 2023, that Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30, 2023.

Pope Francis will travel to Hungary at end of April

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Pope Francis will travel to Hungary April 28-30 where he will meet with government officials, refugees, academic scholars and young people in Budapest, the Vatican announced Feb. 27.

A crown of thorns is pictured during Lent at Jesus the Good Shepherd Church in Dunkirk, Md., April 7, 2022.

A Lenten walk in the fullness of Christ’s Way

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When Christ calls Himself the Way, the Truth and the Life, it raises the question: What does it mean to follow that Way, share that Truth, live that Life?

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