Pope Francis has told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be ...

Pope Francis' autobiography ... by the publisher as the first memoir by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the Renaissance in "The Commentaries" by several centuries.

Many welcomed his opening of the documents concerning Pope Pius XII’s ... coined by John Paul II: ‘older brothers in faith,'” said Skorka referring to Pope Francis. When it comes to the ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Italy and the Vatican in April to meet with Pope Francis, as the Catholic ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

Pope Pius II's autobiographical chronicles, The Commentaries, were produced during his lifetime in the mid-fifteenth century. The book recounts Francis' life growing up in Argentina—he was born ...

That honor belongs to Pope Pius II’s 15th Century chronicles, “The Commentaries,” a 13-book account of his life that is considered a seminal text in Renaissance humanism. Francis is also not ...

The Vatican’s complicity in genocide during World War II took the form of Pope Pius XII’s refusal to ... Now comes Pope Francis, who has been afflicted with a bad case of “Palestinianism ...

The pope’s words were conveyed in a written speech handed out during an audience with an association of midwives and OB-GYNs ...