In the year marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, one of Pope Francis' favorite saints, he published an apostolic exhortation filled with...
Pope Francis invited a group of community organizers from the United States back to his residence for a follow-up discussion about their efforts to listen to gather...
In a video call, Pope Francis had told young Russian Catholics to be proud of their cultural heritage. But he cited as part of that heritage Peter the Great and Catherine...
Responding to a Jesuit's question about U.S. critics of Pope Francis, the pope said there is a segment of the U.S. Catholics who do not recognize how doctrine grows and...
Pope Francis has written the foreword to a new edition of Dorothy Day's 1938 memoir about her conversion to Catholicism. Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement...
"An attitude of openness to others as brothers or sisters is one of the distinctive traits of the pontificate of Pope Francis, of his witness and his magisterium,"...
Visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima, Pope Francis encouraged people to trust that Mary will always welcome them and rush to their aid.
Pope Francis should be back at the Vatican by the weekend. His recovery from hernia-repair surgery is going well, the Vatican press office said, citing his doctors.
Although slowed a bit by continued problems walking, Pope Francis made a three-day trip to Hungary April 28-30, meeting government leaders and refugees and other people...
Catholics must not give up in the face of declining church attendance, but they should not be angry either, Pope Francis told churchworkers in Hungary. Confident that God...