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

Pope Francis has a packed schedule while he is in Singapore. He arrived in Singapore from Dili, Timor-Leste at about 2.50pm ...

COMMENTARY: The Holy Father’s recent nod to the late Jesuit Father Pedro Arrupe, the controversial Father General of his ...

It promises to be a deciding, perhaps the deciding moment in the papacy of Jorge Mario Bergoglio – Pope Francis. Synodality in the Francis lexicon defines a new way of being an ecclesia – or ...

POPE Francis is expected to arrive in Port Moresby tomorrow as part of his tour of Asia and Oceania. He is the second Pope to visit Papua New Guinea, Pope John Paul II was the first, in 1984 and then ...

WHEN WAS POPE FRANCIS ELECTED? The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013. He is the 266th pontiff and the first from Latin America, as well as the ...

The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope on March 13, 2013. He is the 266th pontiff and the first from Latin America, as well as the first to take the name Francis.

Pope Francis embarked on a 12-day trip across Southeast Asia — his longest since becoming head of the Catholic Church in 2013. After visiting Indonesia, the 87-year-old is now heading to Papua New ...

SINGAPORE - On Sept 2, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, started a 12-day trip across South-east Asia, visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore. In Singapore ...