During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday said Jesus continues to go out in search of those who are lost or without hope in a catechesis titled “Jesus Christ Our Hope.” In his written catechesis ...

On a recent visit to Vatican City, writer Patrick O Brien ponders on Pope Francis unique ‘footprint’ on the world, reminding ...

The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they ...

To go and proclaim the Gospel, we first need to set down the burden of our history at the feet of the Lord, to consign to him ...

During its 10 years of work, the pontifical commission has 'enabled a safety network to grow within the Church,' the Pope ...

In 1990, as Argentina's Jesuits were divided over the church's role in the country's politics and society, frustration with the future Pope Francis ... to the vulnerable Christ, newly born ...

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

Pope Francis publicly acknowledged that this Lenten ... we are brothers in the salvation Christ has given us." His remarks then turned to world conflicts, with a focus on South Sudan, where ...

“I have always taken a bag with me when travelling – it’s normal,” he told his first news conference as pope ... Christ’s vicar on Earth and Europe’s last absolute monarch. The way ...