A synthesis report on synod listening sessions conducted during the current interim period in the Diocese of Owensboro, ...

Pope Francis has exposed the political "maneuvers" used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves ...

Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square in one of the most important liturgies of the ...

Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...

Piux X was “a Pope who was a monument to pastoral care, as defined by Pope St. John XXIII when he allowed Venice to venerate ...

Bishop Joseph Strickland did not always have a difficult relationship with Pope Francis. When Francis became the head of the Catholic Church, Strickland recalls admiring how welcoming the pope was.

Pope Francis is known for his words spoken from the pulpit, where he makes urgent calls for peace and advocates for migrants and to protect the environment, but a new memoir is revealing another ...

Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in ...

By Linda Bordoni Pope Francis on Wednesday highlighted the plight of prisoners of war in conflict-stricken countries. “Our ...

ROME — Pope Francis decided at the last minute to skip his homily during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, avoiding a strenuous speech at the start of a busy Holy Week that will test his ...

Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided over the Easter vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, reflecting on the gravity of Easter as a symbol of God’s reborn hope and the ultimate testament of ...

Pope Francis is head of the worldwide Catholic Church, which has about 1.4 billion adherents. As far as the number of followers is concerned, no other single living leader of any religion or ...