During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor ...

A century on, what captures the imagination of Catholics is apparitions of Mother Mary to ordinary women and children ...

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

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

Pope Francis prayed at the graves of children and of miscarried babies on the feast of All Souls before concelebrating Mass ...

the Holy Father read. The first cry, Pope Francis said, quoting an ancient author, “referred to children, the holy innocents, and their pain ceased with death, while the bitter weeping was the ...

Meetings and catechesis classes like the ones her children attended have benefited the most from Pope Francis’ official institution of the ministry of catechist, Ms. Greatti says. Whereas ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis 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.

In anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, Pope Francis’ message for the eighth World Day of the Poor stressed the importance for the Catholic faithful to be aware of the presence and ...

Francis celebrated All Souls’ Day Mass at the Laurentino cemetery, on Rome’s southern outskirts. Ahead of the Mass, he stopped for a silent prayer at the graves of children who were never born, an ...

The Holy Father said it is necessary for teachers to sow hope in the world by paying “special attention to children, ...