Even before it kicked off this year's synod was already historic: It's the first time that women and laypeople are being ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis said the Catholic Church was in need of repair to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, ...
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.
As the Synod of Bishops meets in Rome, a Catholic theologian explains the preparations that went into the consultative ...
Pope Francis on Saturday hammers home his message that European governments must do more to care for migrants crossing the Mediterranean, saying "those who risk their lives at sea do not invade ...
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 ...
In a new apostolic exhortation on climate change, Pope Francis strongly condemns climate skeptics and urges world leaders to take action before it's too late ...
Pope Francis today hinted that he may soon halt travelling abroad as the 86-year-old pontiff admitted it 'is not as easy as it was' when he took office a decade ago. 'I'll tell you the truth ...
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Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on Sept. 13, 2023. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
The announcement that Pope Francis will meet with Kirill, Russian Orthodox patriarch of Moscow, in Cuba on February 12 is, paradoxically, both a Big Deal and something that ought to have become ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world’s pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year’s Clinton Global Initiative, organizers announced ...
