Pope Francis, who rose from janitor to the Catholic Church’s most powerful leader by proving equally at ease with ...

Since attending World Youth Day for the first time as pope in 2013, Pope Francis encouraged young people to invite God into ...

In his landmark 2015 encyclical “Praised Be,” Pope Francis cast care for the planet as an urgent and existential moral ...

Here is the full text of the official prepared remarks of Pope Francis' address to the ... of the Church in Latin America, as did Saint John Paul II in his memorable Apostolic Visit of 1986.

Pope Francis meets Cuba's Fidel Castro, as Castro's wife Dalia Soto del Valle looks on, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, ...

Americans on the left and right are the most polarized they have been in the last 30 years. But nature, clean air and clean ...

Remembering the Holy Father’s message urging the faithful to take action to protect the natural environment as we celebrate ...

Pope Francis understood the power of a simple touch. Some of the most iconic moments of his papacy were those when he ...

In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life 'on wings of hope.' ...

The Catholic Church needs to elect a young pope in its next conclave in order to inspire new vocations to the priesthood.

Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...

Around 1.5 million young pilgrims are expected to attend World Youth Day. Pope Francis is due to attend World Youth Day on Thursday, a highlight of the five-day event. It is his first international ...