His call for a probe marks the first time he has publicly used the term genocide - without endorsing it - in the context of ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Pope Francis was pressed firmly by Belgium's king and premier on Friday for more concrete action to address sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, an issue once more in the ...

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo raised a “red flag” about the pope’s announcement in Belgium about opening the beatification cause ...

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

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

Earlier the pope visited the tomb of Belgium's King Baudouin who in 1990 famously refused to sign a law lifting penalties against abortion, citing personal convictions. Francis described the ...

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

It’s the first time that Pope Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in ...

‘I am so happy’: Pope’s East Timor mass draws 600,000, nearly half the nation Pope Francis’ visit to East Timor drew a record-breaking crowd, highlighting the significance of the pontiff ...