Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to ...

One of the more interesting passages in Pope Francis’s television interview on Sunday was his statement that sins of the ...

After greeting the groups of international pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, the Pope asked people to pray for ...

Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S.

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, a Dominican theologian who helped write the Catechism of the Catholic Church, led the Vienna ...

Pope Francis has offered prayers for the people of Los Angeles as they endure deadly fires. Francis referred to the disaster ...

Pope Francis is set to preside at Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on January 26 to celebrate the 6th Sunday of the Word of God.

One of this papacy’s more outspoken critics called on the faithful to ‘pray for Pope Francis that he might confirm the Church ...

Pope Francis will install Franciscan nun Raffaella Petrini as head of the General Secretariat of the Government of the State ...

Various videos claim Pope Francis's successor has been appointed, but that's not how a new bishop of Rome is chosen. How does ...

It is one of the 20th century’s most memorable images: a naked girl, screaming, running from a napalm bombing during the ...

Pope Francis has thanked all mediators involved in the Israel–Hamas ceasefire agreement that has come into effect in war-torn ...