Since 2013, Pope Francis has been the leader not only of some 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, but also the head of the Vatican City State. The smallest state in the world maintains diplomatic ...

Pointing to the perils of pastoral pessimism, Pope Francis urged a congregation of teaching sisters on Saturday to cultivate joy in their ministry, warning them that stern countenances drive ...

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 ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ushered in the ... After two doctrinaire popes, Francis complained in the first months of his papacy in 2013 that the church had become obsessed by “small-minded ...

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 ...

(photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA / EWTN) AC Wimmer/CNA Vatican January 1, 2025 Pope Francis began 2025 with ... crowns and surrounded by poinsettias and white orchids, is displayed during the New ...

(RNS) — A group representing the leaders of the United States’ largest Jewish organizations has written a letter to Pope Francis criticizing his recent condemnation of Israeli airstrikes that ...

she channeled famed “Scandal” character Olivia Pope — made famous by actress Kerry Washington — dressed in a flowing, white business suit. In a video shared to her Instagram Story ...

Pope Francis emphasised the importance of humility in the recording broadcast on Saturday. "A world full of hope and kindness is a more beautiful world. A society that looks to the future with ...

Pope Francis has spoken of creating “a world full of hope and kindness” in a recorded message broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The head of the Catholic Church wished listeners “peace, fellowship ...

In a televised interview in March, Pope Francis called for Russia and Ukraine to have the "courage of the white flag," a term usually associated with surrender, and which therefore caused ...