On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...

Pope Francis began ... of peace,” Francis said in his homily. A statue of Mary and the child Jesus, adorned with crowns and surrounded by poinsettias and white orchids, is displayed during ...

A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world's oldest living person at nearly 117 following the ...

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Saturday that Francis picked up the “white flag” term that had been used by the interviewer. He issued a statement of clarification after the pope’s ...

In the wake of intensifying criticism of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, Pope Francis received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican. During the private half-hour audience, the two ...

French Bishop Dominique Rey said he was recently informed by the nuncio, the pope’s ambassador in France, that Pope Francis ...

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

Pope Francis has warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace. Francis made the remarks in a ...

ROME -- Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

Reflecting on the Prologue of John’s Gospel, the Pope reminded the faithful that Jesus, the Word Incarnate, is ‘the light ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis called for the protection of life at New Year’s Day Mass on Wednesday, offering a seemingly anti-abortion message. “Let us entrust this new year to Mary, Mother of God,” Francis ...