Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis wrapped up a busy Christmas season on Monday by calling for the faithful to promote a culture of ...

Pope Francis has named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. He is tapping one of his ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the ... In a telegram announcing his death, Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the “edifying witness of this ...

Pope Francis shares a joyful moment with members of the Union of St. Catherine of Siena Missionary Teachers during an audience in the Vatican's Clementine Hall, Jan. 4, 2025. (photo: Vatican Media ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to ...

Pointing to the perils of pastoral pessimism, Pope Francis urged a congregation ... Catherine of Siena” of School Missionaries in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Francis emphasized three ...

On the first day of the year, Pope Francis urges the faithful to protect life "from conception to natural death,” so that everyone “may look with hope to the future’.” In Mary’s name ...

For the pope, who suffers from recurrent respiratory problems, this year's season was even more challenging with the start of the Vatican's big Holy Year, a once-every-quarter-century celebration ...

St. Peter‘s Square as seen through the colonnade during the New Year’s Day Angelus with Pope Francis, Jan. 1, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media “The first to forgive debts is God, as we always ask ...