Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too ...

H is Holiness Pope Francis —the 266th bishop of Rome, supreme pontiff of the Universal Church, sovereign of the Vatican City State—is a man with fancy titles, a simple soul and simpler prose. He likes ...

A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ...

Pope Francis has offered prayers for the people of Los Angeles as they endure deadly fires. Francis referred to the disaster ...

Trump in his order describes the death penalty as an “essential tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the ...

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

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere ...

Jurors in the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal call on weapon makers to pay reparations for suffering they caused.

Pope Francis, 88, sustained a bruise to his right forearm after fall at his Vatican residence but continued with his daily ...

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...