A congested-sounding Pope Francis began the speech, greeting the ambassadors gathered in the Hall of Blessings.

Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

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

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

The original video can be viewed here. Francis is the first pope from the Americas, the first of his name, and more than any other pope in recent memory, has dedicated his life and ministry to the ...

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

Pope Francis is the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the bishop of Rome. Life inevitably has its sadnesses, which are part of every path of hope and every path toward conversion. But it is ...

but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me against that trip," he wrote in his autobiography, reflecting on a 2021 ...