Pope Francis called for “an ambitious agreement” on climate in a message read November 13 in Baku, Azerbaijan by the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

Pope Francis has offered his prayers and sympathies to the victims of the deadly volcanic eruption in Indonesia’s Mount ...

At the beginning of October, Pope Francis announced he would create 21 ... a diocese just south of Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta, in February 2014. From 2001-2009, Syukur was the ...

Israel rejects the UN commission's claim that Israel's war in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide.

VATICAN: Speaking at the conclusion of Sunday's Angelus in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis expressed his closeness to the ...