Pope Francis celebrates the First Vespers and Te ... whom “the Holy Mother of God shows us,” he emphasized, on the feast of Mary, “Mother of God”—a title central to theological debates ...

God tells Christians not to be afraid because he is always close, accompanying the faithful throughout their lives and ...

While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in Italy the traditional date to pray for the protection of one's pets and ...

The Holy Father expressed hope that under Trump’s leadership, the American people would “prosper and always strive to build a ...

In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

The plan was to publish the pope's memoirs after his death, writes co-author Carlo Musso. But Francis decided to release the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope ... Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the ...

It is a gift to share, a light to transmit. And if hope is not shared, it falls.” With these words, Pope Francis has indicated once again the source of hope, the theological virtue that is the guiding ...

Pope Francis ... to an aide. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, often suffers bouts of bronchitis in winter that leave him out of breath and make it difficult to speak at length ...

Pope Francis on Thursday expressed concern about “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war at a New Year’s reception for foreign ambassadors to the Holy See. The head of the Catholic ...

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark will lead the Christmas mass due to be held Monday evening at the Cathedral of Nativity of Christ in the New Administrative Capital ...