(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 24 - Pope Francis on Thursday published the ... Its full title is "Dilexit Nos - Encyclical Letter on the ...

Pope Francis issued his fourth encyclical – a letter to all of the bishops – denouncing a world that ‘is losing its heart’ ...

Pope Francis will visit Washington D.C. on September 22-24 ... This commonality of ideals and principles was perhaps articulated most effectively in an encyclical titled "On the Development of Peoples ...

While calling himself an "old man" and saying he never expected to be pope this long, Pope Francis said he still has dreams ...

Pope Pius XI is Vicar of Christ who ... So the Vicar can say with equanimity, with no doubt, in an encyclical letter sent last week to all patriarchs, primates, archbishops and bishops for ...

The 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Letter on the Regulation of Birth, “Humanae Vitae” by Pope Paul VI, is an opportune time for us to recall the salient doctrine of this authoritative and ...

Vatican Diary. The health chronicles of popes are an old practice, revealing—at least in certain eras—the frail constitution ...

Pope Francis has made climate change a key pillar of his papacy. His 2015 encyclical, the highest level teaching document a pope can issue, signalled a shift for the Catholic Church. Since then ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The text of Pope Leo's latest encyclical to promote the study of the Scriptures has been received here. It is dated Oct. 30, 1902. View Full Article in Timesmachine ...

Pope Francis has appointed a supporter of allowing pro-abortion Catholic politicians to receive communion to lead the Roman ...

Pope Francis's recent encyclical Dilexit Nos (DN) is unique, at least within his term of office. It deals with deeply spiritual issues, using spiritual terms. One can judge them only by the Spirit, ...