Francis never changed church doctrine on homosexuality or budged on the question of marriage. But he offered a revolutionary ...

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

The Vatican — with its politics, its pageantry and its power — has long been a favorite subject for artists and thinkers.

The Roman Catholic leader “built bridges on the foundation of relationships” with Protestant ministers in Argentina.

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

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

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