The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...

Pope Francis petted a canine circus performer after it jumped through hoops during Wednesday's general audience in the Paul ...

ROME — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that ...

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a ...

The pontiff’s memoir, Hope, offers a fascinating snapshot of his humble origins in Argentina. Just ignore the strange ...

Growing up in a multicultural neighbourhood in the 1940s, the boy who would become Pope witnessed drugs, prostitutes... and ...

Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

In his first Jubilee Audience on Saturday, Pope Francis described the Jubilee Year as a time for a new beginning, rooted in ...

Sister Simona Brambilla, 60, of Italy will be prefect of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

God today calls on the faithful to welcome everyone, creating safe, open spaces to find warmth and shelter, Pope Francis said ...

Pope Francis said that Christmas celebrates how Jesus, through his humble birth, "overcomes so many walls and so many ...

ROME – Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...