In an exclusive interview with Gerard O’Connell, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, one of the synod’s most influential figures, ...
Rome — A 15-year-old Italian web designer is set to become the Catholic Church's first saint from the millennial generation. On Monday, in a ceremony called an Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope ...
Pope Francis issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday after a row over offensive language he was reported to have used to describe gay men. The workers, who are not allowed to be in a union, say ...
Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals voted to approve Carlo Acutis' canonization on July 1 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.
Pope Francis has spoken out against the liberalization of drug laws, calling such policies a "fantasy" and branding drug traffickers as "murderers." Francis used his weekly catechism lesson to ...
Do not be consumed by “the anxiety of doing” but spend time in rest and silent prayer to receive God’s grace, Pope Francis said on Sunday. The pontiff told Catholics, especially those in ...
(The Conversation) — When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, 2024, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents. To many Catholics ...
A PROMINENT opponent of Pope Francis has been excommunicated, amid signs of a new crackdown on critics of the Pope’s reforms. “His public statements manifesting his refusal to recognise and submit to ...
During an audience with Pope Francis on June 27, the priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Dehonians) received devotional counsel from the Holy Father: They should make frequent visits, in humble ...
Pope Francis has voiced hope that the upcoming Paris Olympics will give countries currently at war the opportunity to follow an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce for the duration of ...
ROME -- The Vatican released on Friday the program for Pope Francis’ trip to Belgium and Luxembourg in late September, where he will celebrate Mass for the faithful, as well as meeting with ...
Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13, 2013.