Tag: Pope Francis

WASHINGTON  -- When the bishops gather in Baltimore starting June 11, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, Missouri, said he's "hopeful we will...

VATICAN CITY -- Announcing his desire to visit Iraq in 2020, Pope Francis called for a peaceful resolution to crises in the Middle East. He...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has named a special delegate for the pastoral care of pilgrims to the French shrine of Our Lady of...

MELBOURNE, Australia  -- Cardinal George Pell was taken back to prison June 6 at the end of a two-day hearing on his appeal of...

VATICAN CITY — Too often when Catholics try to talk to young people about vocational discernment, “it’s as if we were speaking Esperanto to...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis' inflight news conferences are arguably less newsy than when his pontificate began, mostly because he has been insisting the...

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM ROMANIA -- Pope Francis said that he continues to visit retired Pope Benedict XVI, 92, who is like a...

BUCHAREST, Romania -- Pope Francis told Romanian leaders a country's success is measured by how it treats and cares for its most vulnerable citizens,...

VATICAN CITY -- Nearly a year later, Pope Francis denied claims made by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States who accused him...

VATICAN CITY -- With so many children in the world needing a good home and so many couples unable to have children, there must...