Pope Francis Thursday marked the Marian solemnity of the Immaculate Conception by praying for the “martyred” people of Ukraine and urging faithful to invoke the Virgin Mary in praying for peace.

On Wednesday the mayor of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv met Pope Francis along with a delegation from what is quickly becoming the country’s largest hospital and rehab facility for people...

Jesuit Father Marko Ivan Rupnik, a world-famous artist whose murals adorn the walls of churches and chapels throughout the Vatican and beyond, has been accused of sexual misconduct with nuns and has...