World Day of the Sick was started in 1992 by Pope John Paul II to encourage prayers for those who are sick and for their ...

The Vatican's charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the "reckless" and "unhuman" U.S. plans to gut USAID ...

Under normal conditions, a pope releasing a highly personal memoir about his life would create quite a few headlines. However ...

Pope Francis has told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world ...

The best pope of my lifetime was John Paul I ... many ideologies rather than a living experience.” Loading Twice Francis quotes the words of Gustav Mahler: “Tradition is not the worship ...

and said a future pope would need to "clarify" some of Francis' teachings. Burch also accused the pope of governing the Church with a "pattern of vindictiveness," following Francis' 2023 decision ...

In his tantalising, intriguing, and sometimes frustrating new autobiography, Pope Francis outlines a recipe for “infinite possibilities” that will please neither conservatives nor radicals.

Vatican City • A day after calling incoming President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan for migrants “a disgrace,” Pope Francis said Monday that he hopes the United States under the new ...

False videos have been posted to YouTube alleging that Pope Francis is stepping down from his position as the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. Various videos posted in quick ...

VATICAN CITY — Bishop Athanasius Schneider said Pope Francis “showed great cordiality” toward him during a private audience on Monday and that they “spoke about some important themes on ...

ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the US president’s pledges nearly a decade after ...