He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and Gaza ...

Pope Francis is bringing his Holy Year to Rome’s main prison. Francis traveled to Rebibbia prison on a frigid morning.

©vatican Media/Cpp/IPA via ZUMA Press/dpa Pope Francis will lead the Angelus prayer, traditionally spoken by the pontiff on Sundays, from the chapel of his home in the Vatican as he is ...

In his first Angelus address of 2025, Pope Francis called for debt relief for the world’s poorest nations and renewed his appeals for peace.

What cruelty," the pope said after his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar had slammed the pontiff's comment, saying they showed "double standards". But the pain and ...

Feast of the Holy Family, Francis pointed to the nucleus of Nazareth as a 'model'. After Jesus' return to the Temple, Mary ...

Pope Francis marked the Angelus prayer on the first day of 2025 by calling on Christian nations to set an example through debt relief for the world’s poorest countries and renewing his ...