The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

Bernard, also known as St. Bernard of Menthon, lived from about 1020–1081 in what are now the countries of France, ...

Pope Francis came by and locked eyes with Allan, but he didn’t stop ... waves the white zucchetto with his right hand. A man in a dark suit walking next to the left side of the popemobile ...

Pope Francis — or his social media manager, I’m guessing — is pretty active on X (formerly Twitter), with Biblical quotes, prayers and messages to the world. But the @Pontifex account has ...

During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership. “Brothers and sisters, can we ask ourselves: How do I behave in my ...

Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped but reflected the pope's aims for a church ...

(RNS) – Pope Francis' fourth encyclical calls on Catholics to contribute to building a church and society focused on human feeling and forgiveness. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Addressing a world ...

Pope Francis prayed for flood victims in Spain during his Angelus, mourning the loss of at least 214 lives and the ongoing search for the missing.

“All of us need to rediscover the importance of the heart,” Pope Francis declares in his fourth encyclical, published on Oct. 24, that speaks about “the human and divine love of the heart of ...

Pope Francis has canonized 14 new saints, including a group of martyrs from Syria, in a move that could symbolize a call for peace in the war-torn region. In a ceremony in St. Peter's Square ...

Pope Francis used #Saints a second time on Tuesday, calling them "precious pearls," before tripling down with a third post, saying "We cannot become #Saints with a frown." The #Saints are precious ...