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 poor, the peripheral, and the forgotten.
Pope Francis said his conservative critics held a "suicidal attitude" toward the evolution of the church in a rare new interview. Francis was asked about his controversial comments about LGBTQ ...
Plus special access to select articles and other premium content with your account - free of charge. Please enter a valid email address. Pope Francis issued a decree on Thursday announcing the ...
Pope Francis, who has defined his leadership of the world's nearly 1.4 billion Catholics with his capacity for forgiveness and openness, has led the Catholic Church on difficult and sometimes ...
Sixteen Spanish nuns have announced they are breaking from the Catholic Church and instead placing themselves under the authority of Pablo de Rojas Sánchez-Franco, a self-styled bishop who was ...
Pope Francis has cleared the way for the first Millennial sainthood after attributing a second miracle to an Italian teenager who died at the age of 15. Carlos Acutis, who has been dubbed "God's ...
Pope Francis on Wednesday closed his catechetical series on vices and virtues with a review of humility, a virtue that forms the “the base of Christian life” and is a source of peace for the ...
A London-born teenager - whose proficiency at spreading the teachings of the Catholic church online led to him being called "God's influencer" - is set to become a saint. Carlo Acutis died in 2006 ...
There are two things that Pope Francis’s recent interview with 60 Minutes made clear: He is a complicated figure who cannot be easily boxed into a specific ideology, and the media likes to paint ...
Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on May 22, 2024. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
Pope Francis has attributed a second miracle to teenage website developer Carlo Acutis. This paves the way for Acutis, who was born in 1991, to become the first millennial saint. The tech whizz ...
VERONA, Italy (Reuters) - Arguments and tensions are inevitable in modern society and should not be brushed under the carpet, Pope Francis said on Saturday, warning that trying to impose a uniform ...