Pope Francis on March 25 made permanent his 2019 experimental law on clergy sex abuse and expanded the law to include lay ...
Pope Francis updated the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse decree, which was originally put forth in 2019 to stop abuse caused ...
The Catholic Church is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis's pontificate. The pontiff – who began his papacy on March 13 2013 – did not make much spectacle of the papal milestone ...
Some say the Jesuit pope causes confusion because of his unpredictability, but he is actually consistent and predictable when ...
Anyone can read what you share. By Jason Horowitz ROME — Pope Francis once envisioned serving only a few years as pontiff. On Monday, he commemorated his 10th anniversary as leader of the world ...
Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.
Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on March 22, 2023. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday called Pope Francis “un-Christian” for his remarks about the cruelty of ethnic minority Russian soldiers in Ukraine. “Pope Francis calls for talks ...
We are brothers,” Francis says as he becomes the first pope to meet with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch ...
For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to ...
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio is elected pope. He takes the papal name Francis in honor of St. Francis of Assisi and proclaims from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica: “Let us begin this ...
