Pope Francis, in a decree released on March 3, announced an additional day to the Roman calendar to mark for the celebration of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
NEW YORK — A Vatican sex-crimes investigator is meeting in New York with one of the key victims in the Chilean abuse scandal that involves a...
VATICAN CITY — The retired cardinal of Hong Kong has revealed the behind-the-scenes drama of the Vatican’s efforts to improve relations with China, including its request...
ROME — Pope Francis has hailed immigrant women who care for Italians’ elderly and children and paid tribute to Catholics who perished because of their faith...
LIMA, Peru — Pope Francis ventured into the Amazon to demand rights for indigenous groups, decried the scourge of corruption afflicting the region’s politics and denounced...
LIMA, Peru — Pope Francis is wrapping up the most contested, violent trip of his papacy Sunday with a series of meetings with Peruvian church leaders...
LIMA, Peru — When Pope Francis travels Saturday to northern Peru he will find a region still reeling from devastating floods nearly a year ago that...
IQUIQUE, Chile— It was all in a day’s work for the ever-unpredictable Pope Francis. First he celebrated the first-ever airborne papal wedding, marrying two flight attendants...
SANTIAGO, Chile— Pope Francis accused victims of Chile’s most notorious pedophile of slander Thursday, an astonishing end to a visit meant to help heal the wounds...
SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis wraps up his Chile visit Thursday by meeting with members of the South American nation’s booming immigrant community, who are flocking...