Key quotes from Pope Francis's papacy.Thumbs Down - Environment - "The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth" - from his June 2015 encyclical on the ...

If a computer breaks it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs and dramas of so many people end up being considered normal. Pope Francis, June 5, 2013, general audience, St. Peter’s Square ...

Healthcare workers are called to heal others. Francis asked us to think about healing holistically -- not only to treat disease, but also to love our patients and to accept their love in return.

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

The world of sport is “a constellation of many stars,” Pope Francis told La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian daily sports newspaper, during a wide-ranging interview in January 2021. On April ...

World leaders, dignitaries, and over 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis, a spiritual leader who touched millions with his compassion, humility and ...

World leaders, dignitaries, and over 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for the funeral of Pope Francis, a spiritual leader who touched millions with his compassion, humility and ...

Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope on May 8, following Pope Francis’ death on April 21. The 69-year-old took the papal name Leo XIV. Since then, Catholics from ...