The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

Pope Francis' encyclical, published in 2015, is not a collection of recipes to be followed but a call to action to change the ...

For his last message of 2024, Pope Francis reflected on the ongoing work for the Jubilee that has begun. He celebrated the ...

Pope Francis said at First Vespers in St Peter's ahead of the traditional New Year's Eve Te Deum prayer Tuesday that the ...

President Biden, a Catholic, awarded the medal with distinction to the pontiff, to whom he has turned for personal guidance.

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

When we are tempted to lose hope, we must remember that it is not a feeling or an emotion but a virtue, says the bishop of ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego is known for his progressive views on LGBTQ+ issues and social inequality.

President Joe Biden has honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. It's the highest ...