Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis is writing to all the heads of state around the world, asking them to consider granting some prisoners clemency...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis asked Catholics around the world to join him in entrusting to Mary "the universal desire for peace, especially for...

As we await the birth of the Savior Child, it seems fitting to note that in many parts of the developed world, the lack...

Advent is a "continuous call to hope," says Pope Francis. It seems, then, that a key aim of this pre-Christmas season is to focus...

VATICAN CITY -- Presenting the Ratzinger Prize to a French Jesuit theologian and a Jewish law professor, Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor...

VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Francis met members and staff of the Dicastery for Communication Nov. 12, he said listening to people is at...

VATICAN CITY -- In a wide-ranging interview with top staff of America magazine, Pope Francis decried increased polarization within the Catholic Church, affirmed the...

VATICAN CITY -- After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican's...

ROME -- Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana, died in Rome Nov. 27 at the age of 63. He had been recovering in Rome...

WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Richard G. Henning of Rockville Centre, New York, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Providence,...