Only from a genuine conversion on all levels – personal, local and international – will true peace be able to flourish,” says ...

Pope Francis is known to believers and to non-believers alike as a man who is willing to speak his mind on issues regarding ...

Given that his own vocation came through an experience of God’s mercy, Pope Francis chose his motto, “Miserando atque ...

After penning a letter to the world’s cardinals asking them to focus on financial reform, urging spending cuts and ...

In addition to Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Singapore, Francis also travelled to East Timor, and returned to Rome from ...

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Pope Francis called on the world's Catholic cardinals, many of whom live in Rome and lead Vatican offices, to pursue a "zero ...

Special Masses are celebrated in Catholic churches throughout the world marking the Season of Creation, Sept. 1 to Oct. 4, ...

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If Pope Francis actually did say these very words in a misrepresentation of the stakes of the U.S. presidential election, ...

The Holy Father insisted it is neither “possible nor tolerable” to forget the damage done to the dignity of millions of men ...

As the pope journeyed through countries already feeling the severe impacts of environmental crises, local leaders highlighted ...