ROME (AP) — A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and ...

Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

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

VATICAN— During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership. “Brothers and ...

As we faced a presidential election, Pope Francis asked us to have a heart. Writing about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he used ...

Unless you have looked at a picture to prepare yourself, at first sight the tomb of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, which stands in ...

Pope Francis has inadvertently thrown his support behind the NFL's New Orleans Saints for the second time this week through ...

Did Shakespeare get it wrong? Is life's basic question "to smile or not to smile," rather than "to be or not to be"?

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis’ years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity, but reflected the pope’s ...

Pope Francis set up the anti-abuse commission in 2013. He faced some of the strongest criticism over clergy abuse during a September visit to Belgium, where the king and prime minister called ...

Over the years, David’s real family and his Wizards of Waverly Place loved ones have become closely intertwined, as he ...

Twice in past years, I hopped a flight to Rome in order to cover one of the most arcane, storied and secretive events in human history: the election of a new pope. That event is also known as a ...