Francis urged the Vatican inner circle to bless more and talk less badly of others. It wasn’t the first time he had used the ...

In his Angelus address on Dec. 26, Pope Francis reflected on Stephen’s last words as he was being stoned to death: “Lord, do ...

Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) is the head of the Catholic Church and the bishop of Rome. This essay has been adapted ...

Security forces thwarted a pair of assassination attempts against Pope Francis — including a suicide bomber — during his March 2021 visit to Iraq, the pontiff shared in his new memoir.

Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day. “A child is a gift of life,” the Holy Father told crowds of pilgrims on ...

but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me against that trip," he wrote in his autobiography, reflecting on a 2021 ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, who has just turned 88 and has been suffering from a heavy cold, will lead the regular Sunday Angelus prayer from inside his residence as a ...

Pope Francis called for peace between Ukraine and Russia during a mass on Sunday and referred to the warring countries as "brothers," sparking anger on social media platforms. During a visit to ...

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, ...

In his Christmas greeting to the Roman Curia this morning, Pope Francis denounced the Israeli bombing of Gaza on Friday that killed several children and told Vatican officials to “Speak well of ...