Tuesday marks the release of the first autobiography by a living pope: “Hope” by Pope Francis. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY on what’s included in the new book.

President Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. Biden, a lifelong Catholic, was scheduled to travel to the Vatican but canceled due to the California fires ...

History’s first Latin American pope was asked Sunday night about the Trump administration pledges of deportations during an appearance on a popular Italian talk show, "Che Tempo Che Fa." “If true, ...

“Today I cannot ... 16 that Pope Francis suffered a “contusion” on his right forearm after falling at his residence that morning. Photos from his scheduled audiences show his arm tied ...

One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms ... while linking the rise of populism today to that of the 1930s and Hitler’s Germany. (Francis was born in 1936 and recalls his grandmother standing ...

ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump ... a wall along the US-Mexican border. Francis made the comments during an appearance at an evening talk show, and then followed up Monday with an ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims attending his Jan. 29 general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall to imitate St. Joseph — the man who knew how to listen to God in all circumstances ...

ROME (AP) — 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 ...