Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY-- St. Francis of Assisi is known for loving and celebrating creation and for being a man of peace and poverty, Pope Francis...

VATICAN CITY-- Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis expressed his hope that a new center for Catholic-Jewish relations in Poland will "foster appreciation of the common heritage, not...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis will travel to Asti Nov. 19 for a private family celebration of his cousin's 90th birthday, and he will celebrate...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis told young musical artists to be original, creative and true to themselves and to use their talents to promote peace. "Do...

VATICAN CITY-- In the Vatican's continuing mega-trial focused on determining if crimes were committed in the course of a London property deal that cost...

VATICAN CITY-- Complaints without any desire to do anything about the situation are poison, Pope Francis said. Complaining can be "a poison to the soul,...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he was "deeply saddened" after hearing the news of one of the world's worst mass shootings at...

VATICAN CITY-- Pope Francis' visit to Bahrain Nov. 3-6 will make him the first pope to visit the archipelago nation in the Persian Gulf. The...

VATICAN CITY-- A tourist who toppled two ancient Roman busts in the Vatican Museums has been handed over to Italian police, the Vatican said. The...