Pope Francis stood alone in vast Saint Peter’s Square Friday to bless Catholics around the world suffering under the coronavirus pandemic, urging people to ease their fears through faith. In a historic first, the Argentine performed the rarely recited “Urbi et Orbi” blessing from the steps of the basilica to an empty square, addressing those […]

Pope Francis left Vatican City on Sunday to pray in a Rome cathedral for coronavirus victims as Italy’s death toll hit a one-day high of 368. The 83-year-old pontiff’s unannounced visit to a church with a crucifix from the times of the Great Plague came with Italy’s hospitals running out beds and the entire nation […]

TV mini-series ‘The New Pope’ starring Jude Law has angered the Catholic Church for its sexy portrayal of nuns gyrating under a fluorescent crucifix in the HBO drama’s opening scene.

Pope Francis offered a Christmas message of hope Wednesday against darkness that cloaks conflicts and relationships in large parts of the world from the Middle East to the Americas to Africa. The traditional “Urbi et Orbi’’ (“to the city and to the world’’) Christmas message has become an occasion for popes to address suffering in […]

In a new document issued by the Vatican on Tuesday, Francis decreed that information in abuse cases must be protected by church leaders to ensure its ‘security, integrity and confidentiality’.

Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to resist the excesses of consumerism in the period leading up to Christmas, calling it a virus that attacks faith and offends the needy. Francis spoke between the two biggest shopping days of the year in rich countries such as the United States – Black Friday and Cyber Monday. […]

Francis kicked off his first visit to Thailand as Pope by calling on the government to do more to protect children from traffickers who fuel the country’s notorious sex trade.

Eugenio Scalfari, a frequent papal interviewer, said his long-term friend Pope Francis does not believe a key Catholic doctrine that Jesus returned in the flesh after his crucifixion.

Prince Charles (pictured) will lead the UK at the ceremony in St Peter’s Square in Rome, where Pope Francis will declare the cardinal a saint in front of 20,000 pilgrims.

Pope Francis installed new cardinals on Saturday, putting his stamp on the future of the Roman Catholic Church with men who share his vision for social justice, the rights of immigrants and dialogue with Islam. Francis has now appointed more than half of the 128 cardinal electors, increasing the possibility that the next pope will […]