In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter ...

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

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

Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the “scourge” of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...

Putting a spotlight on the “scourge of child labor,” the Holy Father lamented that there are “too many children forced to ...

The pope, 88, was present for the address to diplomates – but asked an aide to read it as he is recovering from a cold ...

Pope Francis on Thursday (Jan 9) stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the ...

"Dear Pope Francis, your words and actions regarding the State of Israel are not just disappointing but represent a ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis’ aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

In his traditional address to the Vatican's diplomatic corps, Pope Francis warned of the danger of world war: "Faced with the ...

Pope Francis has stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation ...