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 will embark on an 11-day trip on Sept. 2, 2024. that will bring him to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste (East Timor), and Singapore. During this longest journey of his ...

Following a series of health issues over the past few years, Pope Francis was recently seen ... scheduled to include stops in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore.

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

When Francis travels deep into the jungles of Papua New Guinea, he will be fulfilling one of the marching orders he set out for the future pope on the eve of his own election. Few places are as ...

Despite health challenges that led to a canceled trip to Dubai for COP28, Pope Francis maintained an ambitious travel ...

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

Pope Francis has revealed that there ... My Story Through History,” published earlier this year. Francis in September racked up 32,814 kilometers by air during his visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea ...

For 12 days in early September, Pope Francis visited Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore — the longest trip of his papacy in terms of distance and time away from Rome.

and predominantly Christian province hoped Pope Francis would send a message of solidarity and support during his visit to Jakarta or neighboring Papua New Guinea. From September 2 to 13 ...