He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Jan 9 stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter ...

Children occupy a privileged place in God’s heart, and whoever harms them will be accountable to him,” the Pontiff said.

Pope Francis taps one of most outspoken and progressive-leaning U.S. Catholic leaders to Washington, D.C., ahead of Trump ...

Today we know how to turn our eyes toward Mars or virtual worlds, but we struggle to look into the eyes of a child who has ...

Putting a spotlight on the 'scourge of child labor,' the Holy Father lamented that there are 'too many children forced to ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday enjoyed a performance by members of an African-themed circus troupe called CircAfrica. The group ...

Vedovelli put the ball up, got fouled and made the basket. After dusting himself off, the senior made the following free ...