Rien Schuurhuis never expected to win this year’s cycling world championships. For the sole representative of the Vatican ...

Started in 2016 by the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), this year more than 300 Red Wednesday events will be ...

In the weeks following the conclusion of the synod on synodality, Europe's bishops have been pondering its practical ...

Earlier the pope visited the tomb of Belgium's King Baudouin who in 1990 famously refused to sign a law lifting penalties against abortion, citing personal convictions. Francis described the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis delivers his speech during a mass on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Francis was joined by thousands of pilgrims in the Vatican on Sunday to celebrate the eighth annual World Day of the Poor to renew the Church’s commitment to “be close to the suffering ...

On Sunday, the Italian daily La Stampa quoted Pope Francis, in excerpts taken from a book shortly to be published, saying that some international experts have declared that "what is happening in Gaza ...

While Francis has avoided using the word 'genocide' publicly, the comments appear in a new book for his jubilee year over ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of ...

Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if ...

On UNICEF’s World Children’s Day, we reflect on the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child, which promised protection ...