Pope Francis opens the Holy Year 2025, continues calls for peace, and addresses global challenges, emphasizing love, hope, ...

Asia, like Africa, is a growth area for the Catholic church. In Georgetown University’s ranking of attendance at mass, ...

Pope Francis ... on the right side of his face when he created 21 new cardinals Dec. 7. For 12 days in early September, Pope Francis visited Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore ...

Political breakthroughs in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with Yunus and Dissanayake, Han Kang the first Asian woman to win the ...

The pope, who turned 88 Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies.

VANIMO, Papua New Guinea--Pope Francis traveled to the remote jungles of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to celebrate the Catholic Church on the peripheries, bringing with him medicine, musical ...

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

“Many times in my life I have encountered nuns with a vinegar face, and this is not friendly," the pontiff recently remarked Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Pope Francis made remarks about ...

“Vinegar is ugly, and nuns with a vinegar face, let’s not say! In short: holiness, preparation and friendliness. I ask this of you.” Related: Pope Francis, 87, Appears at Ceremony with ...