A brief statement from the Vatican gave no reason for the addition to the list. In recent years, Francis has only announced ...

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Roman Catholic Church's highest-ranking diplomat offered congratulations to U.S. President-elect ...

However, he has declined an invitation to Paris to attend the reopening of Notre-Dame a week before, which has irritated the ...

The potential visit by Pope Francis to Ajaccio in December for a symposium on popular religiosity, which the Vatican had not ...

Turning to the plight of Middle Eastern Christians, Pope Francis on Saturday prayed for their continued witness in a region ...

Pope Francis has offered his prayers and sympathies to the victims of the deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s Mount ...

I wished to greet the Virgen de los Desamparados,” the pope told the crowds of pilgrims at the Vatican after placing a white ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Pope Francis waves to faithful during the weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...

After praising popular piety in his latest encyclical, Dilexit nos, Pope Francis is expected in Corsica in mid-December for a conference on this topic. An expert on popular piety looks at why, despite ...