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

ANALYSIS: Here are four important takeaways from the bishops’ most recent gathering in ‘America’s Premier See.’ ...

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 has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

Before concluding his Wednesday audience and imparting his paternal blessing for pilgrims, the Holy Father concluded his ...

Christian martyrs from across denominations hold a place of honor in the church, Pope Francis said, highlighting their ...

The pope declared that part of the archives and library be moved to a building on extraterritorial Vatican property at the ...

History was made on Nov. 5, when Francis, the first Jesuit pope, visited the Gregorian University, the oldest and largest ...

A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope ...

Pope Francis has paid his respects on Saturday to the “Garden of Angels,” an area in Rome’s third largest cemetery which ...

Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.