Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault ...

Pope Francis, like all Catholic priests, vowed to celibacy and thus was not married or had children. Here's what we know about his family.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said on Wednesday that something is missing from the modern idea of freedom. Speaking at the general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 20, the pope ...

Nun Remembers Pope Francis as a Happy Child and a Humble Man. Located in the Flores neighborhood, the Instituto Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia remembers the beginnings of the pontiff.Sister ...

NEW YORK | "Dear Pope Francis," 10-year-old Mohammed begins, "Will the world be again as it was in the past?" Signed "Respectfully yours," the boy wrote from a Jesuit-run school for refugee ...

A small boy strolled up to Pope Francis during his Good Friday service, in a surprising exchange at St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.. The boy was followed by a few other children who hugged ...

Leave it to this child to prove me wrong on a repeated basis,” Geertz said. Geertz’ eight-year-old son, Ethan Geertz, was on to something because it was Pope Francis that made his way through ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

One of the children who received a kiss from Pope Francis was Gianna Masciantonio, a 1-year-old from Pennsylvania who had been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor and blood disease.

Pope Francis recorded the video in mid-2024 specifically for the youth-focused event, the Vatican said. ... Popemobile's new mission: Providing care for children of Gaza.

Pope Francis had two gifts for each child: the book with his answers and a toy doll meant to resemble Jesus. Next, the children sang a joyful Spanish hymn that the pope knows well—“Yo tengo ...

Pope Francis thanked a child on Wednesday for giving an impromptu “lesson” at his general audience. Speaking in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Oct. 20, ...