Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an ...

Biden spoke by phone with His Holiness Pope Francis Saturday morning and "expressed his deep regret" that he was unable to ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ...

Pope Francis’ decision to appoint a liberal cardinal to the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. was reportedly done in response ...

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

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

The Catholic Church teaches that hope is one of the three theological virtues — along with faith and charity — which God ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David as a member of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith ...

President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction. It’s the highest civilian ...

Today, each of you, parents, and the Church herself give the greatest, greatest gift: the gift of faith to children,” Pope Francis told families gathered inside the Sistine Chapel.

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

President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the first time in his term ...