Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast, emphasizing that “hope and kindness touch the ...

Pope Francis has spoken of creating “a world full of hope and kindness” in a recorded message broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The ...

It is an interesting time for Pope Francis to have ushered in a Holy Year, also known as a jubilee, for the global Catholic Church – a time for peace, forgiveness and pardon. With the sad reality of ...

Wearing red vestments for the feast of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Francis knocked on the door of the church in Rome's Rebibbia prison complex and walked over its threshold. After ...

Amid security worries, millions of pilgrims are expected to descend on Rome for a Jubilee Year of major Catholic celebrations ...

Later, he referred to “the invader’s arrogance” in “Palestine.” B’nai B’rith criticized Pope Francis’s invoking in his new book of the outrageous, libelous charge of “genocide” by Israel.

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

The intimate Mass led by Pope Francis marked a historic moment — the first opening of a jubilee Holy Door within a prison.

ROME — Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison ... has a few days to rest before gearing up for the New ...

Across faiths and across the globe, prominent individuals whose legacies are likely to continue to shape their ministries and ...

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as ...