Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of ...

Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust ...

Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te Deum for the end of the year, in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 31 December 2024. (Photo by EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI /MaxPPP) Seated in a chair at ...

The Church celebrates the Sunday of the Word of God this week, and Msgr. Joseph Prior shows how the Scriptures are integral to every Mass. In the words of the Bible, God mysteriously speaks to us in ...

People pray during Eucharistic Adoration that preceded the Youth Mass for Life on Jan. 24, 2025 at the Cathedral of St.

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...

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

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday ... "Hope" released this week, Francis said that he hadn't considered resigning even when ...

In fact, Francis was targeted during the trip. British secret services informed Vatican security that a woman carrying explosives -- "a young kamikaze," in the pope's words -- "was traveling to ...

In fact, Francis was targeted during the trip. British secret services informed Vatican security that a woman carrying explosives -- "a young kamikaze," in the pope's words -- "was traveling to Mosul ...

One of Pope Francis ... titled “Hope,” Francis underlines this shift with a remarkable openness about his past mistakes and wrongdoings. They include as a young man getting into a fight ...

The pope, who now often uses a wheelchair due to knee and back pain, says: “The Church is governed using the head and the heart, not the legs.” Francis, originally from Argentina and the first ...