Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

Pope Francis emphasized how suffering can become “an occasion for a transformative encounter” with God in a new message ...

“Evil’s days are numbered because the future belongs to God,” he said. “With the power of the Spirit, Jesus redeems us from ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the ...

Pope Francis emphasized that hope is “always possible” in Jesus Christ during an ecumenical vespers service marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

Pope Francis on Sunday called for a common date for Easter among Christian churches in the spirit of promoting unity. "It is ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began January 18. Once a major obstacle for other Christian churches, the primacy of ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting pontiff to publish his memoirs since the 15th century. Pope Francis' autobiography, Hope, reaches ...