January 29, 2025 Pope Francis on Wednesday called on the international community to “maximum commitment” to resolve the ...

Best known for kung fu, the monks are the custodians of Zen Buddhism in China. The meeting with the pontiff comes a few days after their temple in Henan held a world conference on meditation and its c ...

Pope Francis criticized Donald Trump's plans for the deportation of immigrants from the United States, calling them a ...

Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance to his entering the seminary.

On the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Pope Francis urged the world not to forget the horrors of the ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa speaks with Pope Francis during the Jubilee of the World of Communications at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall, Jan. 25, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media The pope’s ...

The 266th head of the Catholic Church called for peace in the Middle East—a routine request from his predecessors. But Pope Francis went one step further, ensuring his message was crystal clear: ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, in a speech to Catholic educators gathered at the Vatican on Saturday. Speaking to ...

Pope Francis has named Indian Cardinal George J. Koovakad to be the new prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue.

Sister Raffaella Petrini, secretary-general of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State will take office in March ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned of the “scourge of antisemitism” in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the ...

Pope Francis on ... population of Goma," Francis said at his weekly audience with faithful at the Vatican. The M23 rebels, who claimed to have captured the city on Monday after a weekslong advance ...