Pope Francis

Pope Francis has expressed pain over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 residential school students and urged church and political authorities to work together to shed light on the “shocking” development

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became involved in the Catholic Church after recovering from a severe illness.

Christianity’s most joyous feast day is being celebrated worldwide with worshippers spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings for the second Easter Sunday in a row

Pope Francis is urging his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic.

For a second time in the pandemic, Pope Francis is leading Holy Week ceremonies without the usual crowds of pilgrims and tourists

Pope Francis denounced racism Sunday, the day the United Nations marks as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

GLAAD and other groups representing members of the LGBTQ community responded swiftly to the Vatican’s decree Monday that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.”

The Vatican has decreed that the Catholic Church won’t bless same-sex unions, saying that God “cannot bless sin.”

Pope Francis says he weighed the risks of a high-profile trip to Iraq during the coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis has met with the father of a Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old Syrian boy who drowned crossing the Mediterranean Sea and whose image drew global attention to the plight of refugees fleeing to Europe.

Pope Francis has urged Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Islamic extremists

Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting

In a historic speech to Iraqi figureheads, Pope Francis urged religious leaders and lawmakers to protect Christians and called for tolerance between Christians and Muslims.

Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opens the first-ever papal visit to Iraq

Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq

Pope Francis led the world’s 1.3 billion Roman Catholics into the penitential season of lent on Ash Wednesday.

The French doctor who discovered the genetic basis of Down syndrome but spent his career advocating against abortion as a result of prenatal diagnosis has taken his first major step to possible sainthood

Pope Francis has changed church law to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the altar, while reaffirming they cannot be priests

Pope Francis says he’s praying for the dead in the U.S. Capitol rioting and has appealed for calm to prevail in the United States.

Pope Francis has told a private Italian broadcaster that he was “astonished” by the mob attack at the U.S. Capitol.