ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Wednesday for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of ...

Pope Francis wrote the first environmental encyclical letter in the history of the Catholic Church. As he was writing it, so many of us who were, and still are, concerned about the sickening state of ...

Pope Leo XIV recently assumed the role of the leader of the Catholic Church, and I find myself curious to know what the topic of his first papal encyclical -- a letter to the bishops concerning ...

Pope Francis's 2020 encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, was a much-needed call for us to embrace the local and the unchosen.

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways no predecessors had done before.

Pope Leo XIV began his summer break July 6 at Castel Gandolfo, where he’ll stay through July 20. But don’t expect the Holy ...

Pope Francis, orginally of Argentina, succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, the first pope to retire in six centuries.

With these words, from Pope Francis’ historic June 18 encyclical document on the environmental crisis facing our planet, Santa Clara University is challenged along with the world to reflect ever more ...

Scores of books by Francis, as well as about his life and papacy, portray the pope, who died on April 21, as compassionate and controversial, pastoral and provocative.

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's doubtful.

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of his predecessors had done before.

Pope Francis has ensured that his legacy will not easily be upended.