VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has appeared to leave open the possibility of priests blessing same-sex couples, if ...

Pope Francis will open this week a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the church ...

Pope Francis has responded to a “dubia” letter written by five cardinals in regard to their concerns on the church clarifying doctrinal questions such as the ordination of women and blessing ...

The global advocacy group End Clergy Abuse is seeking to draw attention to the failure of Pope Francis to make good on years of pledges of “zero tolerance” for abuse.

Pope Francis has suggested there might be ways to bless same-sex unions. The Vatican on Monday published a letter Francis ...

Pope Francis holds a news conference as he returns to the Vatican following his apostolic journey to Hungary, aboard the ...

VATICAN CITY - ;Pope Francis will on Saturday elevate 21 clergymen from all corners of the world to the rank of cardinal -- most of whom may one day cast ballots to elect his successor.The choice of ...

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.

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.

The announcement that Pope Francis will meet with Kirill ... That’s the essential, first question to be explored, in order to set the Francis–Kirill meeting in proper perspective.

Not only does she have the title, the new Queen has the royal jewels. And however modest her taste might be in ordinary times, Camilla has shown these priceless pieces off to great effect on grand ...

Is this what he means by the term "integral ecology"? In this encyclical, Pope Francis gives expression to that phrase in four points: 1) The call to all peoples to be protectors of the ...