VATICAN CITY –Pope Francis on Sunday decried a deadly attack on a Coptic church in Egypt during Palm Sunday celebrations, just weeks before his planned visit to Cairo....
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A month after Pope Francis endorsed giving money to panhandlers, the Roman Catholic bishop in Rhode Island has posted three reasons not to....
ROME—Pope Francis has called for unity and solidarity in Europe ahead of the Saturday EU summit in Rome. Pope Francis has called for unity and solidarity...
MOSCOW–Pope Francis said in an interview Thursday that the Roman Catholic Church should consider tackling its worldwide priest shortage by ordaining married men. But loosening one...
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis’s chief alms-giver is on a shopping spree in quake-struck central Italy, buying up prosciutto, cheese and local produce from struggling local businesses and...
MANILA—Another Philippine-born prelate has been appointed by the Vatican to lead a diocese in another country. Pope Francis named Fr. Pedro Baquero as the new bishop...
MADRID—The European countries should accept and assimilate migrants instead of creating ghettos, Pope Francis said in an interview with El Pais newspaper. The supreme pontiff said...
MANILA—A Catholic priest said that President Rodrigo Duterte is being “diplomatic” when he wrote a letter to Pope Francis. “He is being diplomatic,” said Fr. online...
VATICAN CITY—Saying nothing is beyond the reach of God’s mercy, Pope Francis told Catholics worldwide he is allowing all priests to absolve the faithful of abortion...
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis declared Mother Teresa a saint on Sunday, praising the tiny nun for having taken in society’s most unwanted and for having shamed world...