The Vatican did not respond to a request for comment on how ... Image Praying during a Mass led by Pope Francis in Brussels ...

Pope Francis will open a month-long summit of global Catholic leaders on Wednesday but it is likely to defer any decision on ...

The Vatican announced it will carry out an apostolic visitation to the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, an institution whose ...

Angolan Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento, the world's oldest cardinal, died Sept. 28 at the age of 99 and was praised by Pope ...

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"Today, words alone do not suffice. We also need concrete steps," De Croo told Francis and an audience of royals, church ...

On Sept. 30, Pope Francis met with a delegation of women at the Vatican who presented voices from the Amazon region and ...

Pope Francis has strongly criticized both U.S. presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies on abortion and ...

Of the 368 participants this time around, 272 are bishops and the rest are a mix of priests, deacons, male and female ...

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican ...

I always talk about the dignity of women,’ he said on his flight back to Rome. ‘An abortion is a homicide,’ he said, adding, ...

In a brief press conference on the plane returning from Belgium, Pope Francis answered questions including one on Israel’s ...