Bishop Anthony Ji Weizhong is the second Chinese bishop to be ordained since the Vatican in October renewed its agreement on ...

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae ...

After greeting the groups of international pilgrims in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, the Pope asked people to pray for ...

Women religious are meant to be serving the poor, marginalized or vulnerable in society, not be working as servants to ...

Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S.

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has been plagued ...

The matter is becoming serious and risks causing great embarrassment even to Pope Francis who, last year, staunchly defended ...

Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prayed would be undertaken elsewhere, as he welcomed an agreement the Vatican helped facilitate as ...

While many people around the world seek a blessing for their animals around the Oct. 4 feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in ...

Pope Francis warned Wednesday against a "chauvinistic mentality" in the Catholic Church, as he promoted a nun to head the ...

On the day a ceasefire deal between Hamas militants and Israel went into effect, Pope Francis said he hoped all Israeli and ...

Pope Francis is set to feature in a doc about the positive power of pop culture artists, to be filmed in the Sistine Chapel.