Environmentalists have called on the pope to halt the chopping down of a tree destined for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas, ...

Pope Francis expressed hope that both the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations will collaborate to secure the return of those still held captive.

A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives have met with Pope Francis ROME -- A delegation of ...

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

Pope Francis gestures as he shakes hands with Yelena Troufanov, who was part of a delegation of Israelis who were freed after ...

The delegation was led by the Hostage Family Forum, the Foreign Ministry, Israeli embassies in Rome and the Vatican, the ...