Pope Francis has accepted the resignations of Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, 76, and of Bishop R. Walker Nickless, 77.

"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12, launching an appeal for Catholics to ask for a peaceful resolution ...

The Pope was previously admitted to hospital for three nights in 2023 with bronchitis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

After giving the speech over to an aide during the homily, the Pope resumed reading for the shorter Angelus prayer. Francis, 88, has been pope since 2013 and has suffered from influenza and related ...

The Pope noted how Mary and Joseph were 'deeply moved and astonished' as Simeon identified Jesus through these three ...

Thanking members of the military and the police for their service, Pope Francis asked them to be on guard against seeing ...

Pope Francis also praised the “important priestly presence” of military chaplains, pointing to the moral and spiritual ...

The Pope emphasizes that armed forces should only act in legitimate defense and respect international conflict laws.

North Kivu was among the war-torn regions Pope Francis entrusted to the prayers of the faithful during his Sunday Angelus ...

Pope Francis, 88, who has been suffering from bronchitis, asked aide to read out his speech during a Mass at Vatican on ...

Armed forces must only be used as legitimate defense, never to dominate another country, a breathless Pope Francis said ...