Pope Francis opened a global Catholic summit on Wednesday with a warning that delegates should not seek to foist pet agendas ...

Kicking off the next phase of a closely-watched Vatican reform synod on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged delegates to focus on ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...

It is absolutely unacceptable for a foreign head of state to make such statements about democratic decision-making in our ...

The Vatican expelled 10 members from Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a group founded in Peru, after investigators reported ...

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The move was described as a “precaution” in the statement from the Vatican days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium ...

Father Samuele Sangalli has a license in philosophy and also studied educational sciences, which he has put to use as ...

Among Pope Francis’ activities for the day was a meeting with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and those participating in a ...

Pope Francis has called for the liberation of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, offering Vatican territory ...

the first pope, is usually encased inside the massive chair monument created in the 17th century by sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini and located on the furthest back wall of the apse of the Vatican ...