The pontiff opened the two-day summit on Feb. 3 with a reflection on the many ways children are oppressed today, including ...

Francis also urged everyone to pray for peace in conflict-stricken Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Myanmar, Sudan, and ...

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and ...

Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth ...

Caught between his progressive inner circle and an influx of conservatism, the Holy Father should 'brace' himself for a ...

As the United States government revises its immigration policies, and after prayerful discernment and consultation, I offer ...

The pope’s address came on the 10th anniversary of two papal documents that aimed to make the Catholic Church’s marriage ...

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Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a decade after ...

Pope Francis, 88, experienced another fall, injuring his right forearm, although no fractures were sustained. This incident follows a previous fall in December that resulted in a chin injury.

Despite the injury, the pontiff continued to receive his audiences Pope Francis injured his arm after falling for the second time in just over a month, according to the Vatican. “This morning ...