Pope Francis opens the Synod of Bishops' general assembly in Rome Wednesday, which in a historic first gives women a vote, after a vast global consultation on the future Catholic Church.
Pope Francis welcomed a group of pilgrims Saturday and told them he would rather stand up but this time around he would have to pay attention to his doctors, who had advised him not to walk.
Following his Gospel reflection on Oct. 1, the Pope spoke briefly about his forthcoming document on St. Thérèse, calling the ...
Pope Francis told the college of cardinals that it is called “to resemble a symphony orchestra, representing the harmony and synodality of the church.” ...
The ceremony took place days before Francis opens a big meeting of bishops and lay Catholics on charting the church’s future, ...
Pope Francis appointed 21 new cardinals at a ceremony in St Peter's Square in the Vatican on Saturday. The new cardinals come ...
Pope Francis is a humble, old-fashioned Jesuit priest who took the bus to work as cardinal of Buenos Aires, cooked his own meals, refused to live in the church’s magnificent mansion and slept in ...
World’s End or Cinema’s Future? Bring Back the Auteur A Mixed Marriage of Figaro Joseph Heller at 100 Our Supposed Dystopia Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si ...
Pope Francis assured governments Saturday they have 'nothing to fear' from the Catholic Church's evangelization work, in an address to priests in Mongolia that appeared directed at China ...
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell and Colleen Dulle recap three major moments from the pope’s visit, ...
“Thank you very much for visiting me,” Francis said to Clinton in English Argentine-born Pope Francis Wednesday welcomed former US President Bill Clinton at his Casa Santa Marta residence ...
Pope Francis arrived in Mongolia on Friday morning to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Roman Catholic communities. It’s the first time a pope has visited the landlocked Asian ...