During the celebration, Pope Leo XIV revived the ancient tradition of personally imposing the pallium on new metropolitan archbishops.

Pope Francis always placed the Gospel of mercy at the center, repeatedly emphasizing that God never tires of forgiving us. He always forgives, whatever the situation might be of the person who ...

Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church ...

“From the beginning of [Francis’] pontificate, he preached that gospel of mercy,” Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis told the mourners, flanked by more ...

I wrote a column about the Catholic Church’s failure in that it excludes women from key leadership positions, and particularly the institutional prohibition disallowing women to preach the gospel.

Pope Francis I, who has died aged 88, was the first Pope from the Americas, and the first from outside Europe for 1,200 years. He was also the first to live at the Vatican around the corner from ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pontiff, died shortly after Easter Sunday. He bade a literal farewell to a Vatican crowd a day before, signaling the end of an era of perhaps the most ...

Pope Francis pours dirt into a potted olive tree during the meeting, “Faith and Science: Towards COP26,” with religious leaders in the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2021.

Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Philippines' Manila Cathedral on Jan. 16, ... Pope Francis made his debut as a papal writer with The Joy of the Gospel.

Pope Francis called on the world and 1.4 billion Catholics to confront climate change. He brought attention to the issue but it's not clear he changed many minds. ... Preaching to the converted.

Pope Francis also gave numerous interviews to journalists who published them in collections. He was the subject of biographies and analytical works by historians, theologians, and scholars.

Pope Francis reaches out to comfort an inmate as she sheds tears after the Holy Thursday Mass on March 28, 2024, ... It is from Christ himself in the Gospel of John, ...