(photo: Vatican Media) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican January 5, 2025 In his Angelus address, Pope Francis encouraged Christians to be “messengers of hope” in the Jubilee Year by saying “‘Yes ...

“Hope” offers Francis’ own sometimes unflattering assessments of decisions he made or things he regrets — at least before he became pope. It’s almost confessional at times, an 88-year ...

It is curious to read a memoir by somebody who is uncomfortable in the limelight, doesn’t like parties, and hasn’t watched TV ...

Discover Pope Francis' hopes for the future in his autobiography, 'Hope: The Autobiography,' released on Jan. 14.

The pope shared a special message for young people, pointing to the soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis as an example of joyful ...

“And so it was that I came into the world,” Francis writes. “Hope: The Autobiography,” by Pope Francis — a 320-page compendium of the pope’s memories and musings on the major social ...

At times, when the author of "Hope" writes of sweeping away the courtly ... and is the leader of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis, who has now been head of the Church for almost twelve years ...

Pope Francis kicked off the first Saturday jubilee audience of 2025 by urging pilgrims to embrace hope as a divine strength that enables new beginnings, drawing inspiration from St. John the Baptist.

Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former ...