ROME -- Pope Francis on Friday called on the diocese of Rome to respond to a growing housing crisis in the Eternal City, ...

The presentation on ‘Laudato Si’,’ a central document approaching its 10-year anniversary next year, was particularly notable ...

The pontiff asked all Church realities, including movements, religious orders, and diocesan churches, to offer any vacant ...

Pope Francis was raised in the city’s middle-class Flores neighborhood from the mid-1930s through the ’50s, a time period ...

She points to Jesus.” Continuing his catechesis on the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Church as Jesus’ bride, Pope Francis invited his listeners to reflect on the Mother of God ...

Here’s why: The gathering of a relatively large and diverse group of Catholic ... an effort to muddle Church teachings. This year’s session began shortly after Pope Francis, and a retinue ...

In recent years, Pope Francis has made ecumenical gestures ... the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church under King Henry VIII, who in 1527, desiring a male heir, wanted to divorce ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis' yearslong process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of giving women more equity as hoped, but reflected the pope’s ...

Pope Francis spoke about the 1994 Declaration during the audience with Mar Awa III and the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East.

BALTIMORE (RNS) — As the U.S. Catholic bishops gathered ... implementing Pope Francis’ agenda and the recently ended Vatican summit on the church’s future. A group of nurses was there ...

[AFP] Pope Francis said Friday that the Catholic Church must "seek forgiveness" over the "scourge" of child sexual abuse, during a visit to Belgium where the Church's dark past looms large.