Pope Francis emphasized that “no child is ever a mistake” during his last Angelus address before Christmas Day.

With this new crop of cardinals, Francis has successfully remade the college that will elect his successor, having personally ...

Pope Francis installed on Saturday21 new cardinals from five continents, many of whom could one day help elect his successor. The pope led a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica, with what appeared to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican preacher who acted as the spiritual father for Francis’ recent ...

VATICAN CITY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Pope Francis led a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday to install 21 new Catholic cardinals with a large bruise on his chin, which the Vatican said was the ...

Pope Francis will clock 32,814 ... s relations with China ever-present in the background in a region where Beijing wields enormous influence. Francis loves gestures of interfaith fraternity ...

Many Catholics have stopped their donations after growing disillusioned with the reforms of Pope Francis. At the same time, visitor numbers to the city-state have still not recovered to their pre ...

On December 7, Pope Francis will create another 21 cardinals in a lavish Vatican ceremony. But there are mutterings about the health of the Pope himself, who is in his 87th year and often in a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis’ plan to build an eco-village in the historic gardens of Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of the popes, will be complete for the 2025 Jubilee ...

The Deputy PM was all smiles as she greeted Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday. It comes after reports claimed Ms Rayner had hired a civil servant to act as her foreign affairs adviser, ...

Pope Francis waves to the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter’s Square Credit: TIZIANA FABI/AFP On Wednesday, Ms Rayner visited the Vatican, where she met the Pope. She said ...