At his first general audience after World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, Pope Francis told pilgrims and visitors about his trip, about the faith of the young people he...
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.
Today is the 60th anniversary of St. John XXIII's encyclical, "Pacem in Terris" ("Peace on Earth"). To mark the occasion, Pope Francis wrote a brief piece for an Italian...
Pope Francis asked the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury and the moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland to join him for his usual post-trip news conference on...
Pope Francis will make the 40th international trip of his pontificate Jan. 31-Feb. 5, traveling first to Congo and then making an ecumenical pilgrimage to South Sudan...
"What signs of life and hope can we see to help us move forward and try to make our world a better place?" Pope Francis asked in his message for World Peace Day, which...
A look back at Pope Francis' 2022, a year he continued to travel despite increased mobility problems, but above all a year in which he prayed and pleaded for an end to...
In his Christmas message, Pope Francis encouraged people to pay less attention to presents and more to prayer, particularly for Ukraine and other places where war and...
In his annual pre-Christmas speech to cardinals and top officials of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis focused on the need all Christians and all Christian communities have...