Earlier this month, Pope Francis became the first pope — indeed, the first Western leader — to visit South Sudan. Amid an enthusiastic welcome, more than 100,000 people attended his papal Mass ...

Church must offer an alterative to contemporary values if it wants to help teenagers grappling with anxiety and frightening ...

Pope Francis has had an eventful decade in the chair of Peter, but one aspect of his papal ministry may have gone relatively ...

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of ...

The Holy See's ambassador to South Sudan has said the Catholic Church must “step up its game” to help the people build peace.

COMMENTARY: During his reign as pope, the Holy Father has attracted a cast of characters quite unlike any recent pontificate.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as the 265th successor of St. Peter. Here is a timeline of ...

Pope Francis marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday with a podcast, a private mass and a series of ...

Leaders of South Sudan's government and the armed opposition are to meet March 20-26 at the Rome headquarters of the ...

March 13 marks the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis as head of the nearly 1.38-billion-member Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis greets a child during an audience with hundreds of refugees and displaced people and with those who have assisted them at the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall March 18, 2023. More than ...

POPE FRANCIS. Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, March 8, 2023. VATICAN ...