Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.

A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives have met with Pope Francis ROME ... I hope that his ...

As we faced a presidential election, Pope Francis asked us to have a heart. Writing about the Sacred Heart of Jesus, he used ...

Mary is a model of the kind of openness to the Holy Spirit that all Christians should have, Pope Francis said.

Referencing the concept of “climate finance,” Pope Francis said in a message to the U.N. climate summit on Wednesday that ...

It’s now possible to wander the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican emptied of tourists and worshippers. This comes courtesy ...

As per custom during the week of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day, on Monday 4 November Pope Francis will preside at a Mass in ...

Pope Francis seems to align with the reflections of jurists ... At worst, it can lead to the death, physical and spiritual, ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

But the question of female ordination had been taken off the table and relegated to a separate study group that will present its findings to Pope Francis next summer. The final document ...

“Conclave” begins at a gathering to select a new pope in the name of God — though it becomes clear that selecting the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church is not a holy affair. When the ...

multi-faith unity and women in leadership — issues that of course bedevil Pope Francis’ reign in the present day. But for all these high-minded gestures at topicality, Conclave isn’t really ...