Poor thing, he was surrounded by people who adored him but didn’t help him,” Pope Francis remarked, reflecting on the Argentine who led his country to World Cup glory in 1986. Speaking on ...

(CNS photo/Lola Gomez) A world that has become "heartless" and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of ...

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of November is for those who have lost a child. “What can we say to parents who have lost a child? How can we console them? There are no words ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After members of the Synod of Bishops approved their final document, Pope Francis announced that he would not write the customary post-synodal apostolic exhortation but would ...

Pope Francis on Sunday spoke about Jesus’ teaching that “all things must be done with love,” something, he said, that is essential for the faith of each person. Every Sunday at noon ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13 ...

Three U.S. cardinals met with Pope Francis the morning of Oct. 10. Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark said they addressed challenges in the United States. Unless it was a 14-hour meeting, which it ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis met with a group of transgender and intersex Catholics, along with LGBTQ+ allies and a medical doctor specializing in transgender healthcare, during a nearly 90 ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — For the second time in less than a year, Pope Francis met with transgender and intersex Catholics on Sunday (Oct. 13) at the Vatican, where he listened to their stories of ...

STORY: :: LGBT activists urge the pope to overturn a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people :: Rome, Italy :: New Ways Ministry :: Vatican City :: Francis held a meeting six months ...

Pope Francis wrote in his encyclical that in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), “we cannot forget that poetry and love are necessary to save our humanity” Pope Francis wrote in his ...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Pope Francis faced calls to overturn the Catholic Church’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender people on Saturday when he held talks with LGBTQ ...