The meeting is expected to happen on the sidelines of a larger event, the World Meeting on Human Fraternity, attended by ...

The world’s smallest army, the Swiss Guard, founded in 1506 by Pope Julius II, is still recruited from a group of Swiss towns ...

Pope Francis prayed that the intercession of St. Stanislaus “obtain, even today, the gift of peace in Europe and throughout ...

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on May 8, 2024. To receive these remarks and more in ...

During the papal general audience on Wednesday Pope Francis focused on the importance of the theological virtue of hope, noting that it is both a fundamental building block of the Christian life, ...

In “Laudato Si,’” Pope Francis wrote that “a constant flood of new consumer goods can baffle the heart and prevent us from ...

Pope Francis asked for a moment of silence as he spoke from the window of the Apostolic Palace on Sunday for people to thank ...

Vermont priest John McDermott was named bishop after serving as administrator of the Burlington Diocese since October of last ...

Switzerland has invited Pope Francis to attend June's Ukrainian Peace Summit in the Swiss city of Bürgenstock, Swiss ...

Pope Francis appointed Monsignor John McDermott as the 11th Bishop of Burlington, succeeding former Bishop Christopher Coyne.

Pope Francis has appointed Reverend James Mark Beckman as Bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee, almost a year after the previous bishop resigned following claims he mishandled sex abuse allegations ...

Pope Francis has appointed Father James M. Beckman, a priest of the Diocese of Nashville, Tennessee, to be the bishop of the Diocese of Knoxville, Tennessee.