A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives have met with Pope Francis ROME -- A delegation of ...

In Italy this year, environmentalists are calling on Pope Francis to stay the execution — so to speak — of a tree towering ...

Pope Francis gestures as he shakes hands with Yelena Troufanov, who was part of a delegation of Israelis who were freed after ...

The book, which took six years to write, will detail the pope’s childhood in Argentina through his present-day papacy. Francis “deals unsparingly with some of the crucial moments of his papacy ...

Pope Francis himself attended most days. The discussions at each table followed a set format (brief comments by each speaker, followed by silent prayer) and were punctuated by intervals in which ...

In January 2025, Pope Francis will become the first sitting ... It then proceeds through his childhood, adult life, vocational story, and the whole of his papacy to the present day.

The Vatican has announced the appointment of Capuchin Father Roberto Pasolini as the new papal preacher, succeeding Cardinal ...

Fortunately, they have just the man for the job. For the third time this week, a post on Pope Francis' X account included the hashtag '#Saints,' thereby looping a number of the team's hopeful ...

Pope Francis — or his social media manager, I’m guessing — is pretty active on X (formerly Twitter), with Biblical quotes, prayers and messages to the world. But the @Pontifex account has ...

Pope Francis has called on a world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to war and greed, and a Church in need of ...

Monsignor Erwin Jose Balagapo is now an undersecretary at the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization, where Cardinal Luis ...

Pope Francis used #Saints a second time on Tuesday, calling them "precious pearls," before tripling down with a third post, saying "We cannot become #Saints with a frown." The #Saints are precious ...