Pope Francis has denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or ...

My warmest wishes to the ecclesial communities of the East who are celebrating Christmas today! I pray especially for those who are suffering due to ongoing conflicts. May Jesus, the Prince of Peace, ...

Just as the star over Bethlehem called to and welcomed everyone to encounter the newborn Jesus, God today calls on the ...

Pope Francis said that Christmas celebrates how Jesus, through his humble birth, "overcomes so many walls and so many ...

In his homily, he prayed that everyone learns to care for “every child born of a woman” and to protect “the precious gift of ...

"May we learn to care for every child born of a woman, above all by protecting, like Mary, the precious gift of life: life in ...

A jetliner skidded off a runway Sunday in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 people aboard. Here are things to know ...

The pope invoked the Holy Door of St. Peter’s, which he opened on Christmas Eve to launch the 2025 Jubilee, as representing ‘God’s mercy’. Pope Francis ... school children came up with ...

Pope Francis delivered a plea for peace in a world torn by conflict in his 2024 Christmas Day "Urbi et ... all walls of separation," and remembered children suffering from war and hunger, the ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Francis ... to celebrate the Christmas. He said being separated from them was especially difficult. “On days like these, I would be with my children in Bethlehem ...

The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ...

Pope Francis has called for a “negotiation” to end the war in Ukraine in a Christmas Day message ... He called attention to the “children who are dying from an outbreak of measles in the ...