Pope Francis expressed concern about "the increasingly concrete threat of a world war" at a New Year's reception for foreign ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

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

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

Pope Francis, on Thursday, cautioned against the misuse of artificial intelligence and the spread of misinformation, warning ...

Italian nun Sister Simona Brambilla is the new prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

After the election of Donald Trump, pundits speculated on how Pope Francis would react to a U.S. president who opposed his ...

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...

Pope Francis on Monday named a Catholic cardinal who has criticized Donald Trump's political agenda as the new leader for the ...

Sister Simona Brambilla will head the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona ...

Pope Francis has named a nun to head a prominent office at the Vatican, the first time a woman has held that position and the ...