The Catholic Church will celebrate 2025 as a special jubilee year with the theme, ‘Pilgrims of hope.’ In keeping with this, ...

"In the journey of life, we could identify hope as the signpost that marks our itinerary," Pope Francis said during a meeting ...

Unlike that of his only Catholic predecessor in the job, John F. Kennedy, Biden’s Catholicism, White said, “was embedded both ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...

Pope Francis has met with more than 100 comedians from across the world, including Jimmy Fallon, Chris Rock and Whoopi Goldberg, at the Vatican in Rome. The Pope said comedians have the "power to ...

A Mozambican Catholic Nun has welcomed Pope Francis’ appointment of Sr. Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, de ...

Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm, but a sling was put on ...

A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging. China said Friday that its population fell for a third straight year in 2024. The ...

With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

Christian hope, as Pope Francis understands it, reminds us that a better and more just world is within our grasp.

As the nation's Catholics prepare to commemorate unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is pointing to the Jubilee Year as ...

ROME – Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted ...