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

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, ...

The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...

The book adds details to what is known about the Pope’s childhood but falls short when it comes to his later years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pope Francis' encyclical, published in 2015, is not a collection of recipes to be followed but a call to action to change the ...

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

Can Hope, his autobiographical meditations on migration, sexuality and war, assuage a Catholic church in crisis?

Pope Francis, who celebrated his 88th birthday Dec. 17, mostly uses a wheelchair instead of walking and presides over rather than concelebrates most public liturgies ... the publication of Pope ...

While Pope Francis has authored and co-authored around 90 different titles, his latest book -- Hope: The Autobiography -- was earlier supposed to be released only after his death. The new Jubilee ...

Francis explained that as he began his pontificate in 2013, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI gave him a large white box filled with documents “relating to the most difficult and painful situations ...

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a ...

Pope Francis writes that the reform of the Vatican bureaucracy, particularly the effort to impose international accounting and budgeting standards on its finances, have been the most difficult ...