The pontiff addressed the topic of marriage’s indissolubility, or permanence, in a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos ... But for readers, including the Roman Catholic faithful, “Hope” vividly recreates the colorful ...

Pope Francis The Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, on Friday extolled the “gift of indissolubility” of marriage, which he said is not a limitation on freedom, but something married couples live with God ...

"Pope Francis went on to say that his heart is close to all the people who inhabit the Holy Land, which includes Israelis and ...

He later received the sacrament at a Rome church. Pope Francis opens a big meeting on the future of the Roman Catholic Church that has sparked hope among progressives and alarm among conservatives.

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years.

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13 ...

Trump’s term begins. By Elizabeth Dias Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, bishop of San Diego, to be the next Roman Catholic archbishop of Washington, moving one of his ...

Pope Francis is also not the first pope to share ... But for readers, including the Roman Catholic faithful, Hope vividly recreates the colourful world where the young Jorge Mario Bergoglio ...

Our first Jesuit pope, Francis, resumed the reforms of the Second Vatican Council by challenging the church to go outside our ...