In an early-morning announcement, the Vatican on Monday said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, the metropolitan archbishop of Galveston-Houston for more than 19 ...

Pope Francis, 88, sustained a bruise to his right forearm after fall at his Vatican residence but continued with his daily ...

Rome's chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticised Pope Francis over the pontiff's recent ramping up of criticism ...

Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his ...

Francis' prayer for the 47th president followed a Sunday interview with Italian media in which he called Trump's proposed ...

Pope Francis on Jan. 19 denounced President Donald Trump's provisional plans to carry out a massive deportation of migrants ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

"If it is true, it will be a disgrace, because it makes the poor wretches who have nothing to pay the unpaid bill," Francis said.

Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community with members across South America and the United States, following ...

Pope Francis called the humanitarian situation in Gaza “very ... Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Pope Francis dissolves the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae after uncovering abuses and financial mismanagement, marking a ...