One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...
As pope, Francis eschewed the trappings of grandeur. He refused to stay in the papal apartment and lives modestly in the Santa Marta guesthouse near St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He made the ...
Pope Francis writes that he visited Benedict at Castel Gandolfo, the papal vacation palace south of Rome, shortly after he was elected pope. “He gave me a large white box,” Francis writes.
Pope Francis recently said that "fake news" was the root cause of the assassination attempts against President-elect Donald Trump last year. The Catholic News Agency reported on the pontiff’s ...
He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...
Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...
In a groundbreaking decision, Pope Francis has appointed the Italian missionary nun, Simona Brambilla, M.C., as prefect of ...