Tag: Pope Francis

VATICAN CITY — Mayor Vitali Klitschko of Kyiv, Ukraine’s besieged capital, has invited Pope Francis and other religious leaders to come to the city...

VATICAN CITY -- Financial and judicial reforms are meant not only to bring the Vatican up to date with international standards of transparency but...

Por el Padre Juan Salomón En la Basílica de San Pedro en Roma el 28 de marzo del 2014, el Papa Francisco presidía un Servicio...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church needs women, especially women saints, who have shown throughout history an unwavering dedication to God and to caring...

VATICAN CITY -- In a telephone call with Russia's foreign minister, the Vatican secretary of state "conveyed Pope Francis' deep concern about the ongoing...

VATICAN CITY -- Italian Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan, a former nuncio to the United States and the retired head of the Vatican investment office, died...

VATICAN CITY -- Blessed Titus Brandsma, the 20th-century martyr murdered at the Dachau concentration camp, will be canonized May 15 along with nine other...

WASHINGTON — Not long after Pope Francis was elevated to the papacy in 2013, someone coined the term “Francis Factor” in an effort to...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis praised Poland's welcoming of refugees escaping the violence of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "You were the first to support Ukraine,...

ROME -- As Russian troops approached Ukraine's capital, Pope Francis phoned the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, offering his encouragement and promising, "I...