Pope Francis

The Vatican is in the process of renewing its deal signed two years ago with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that recognizes CCP-appointed bishops as legitimate but the deal emboldened ...

VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis on Wednesday paid tribute to an Italian priest killed by an immigrant suffering from mental ...

Commentary First, it was Pope Francis. Now, it is French President Emmanuel Macron. Both leaders have added their ...

The Vatican announced that its traditional Easter week celebrations, led by Pope Francis and normally attended by thousands, will ...

Vatican City officials on Friday confirmed the small city-state's first COVID-19 coronavirus and closed down several offices in ...

The Vatican responded to questions and speculation about Pope Francis's health after the pontiff missed several events last ...

Pope Francis is still sick with an apparent cold on Friday and canceled official audiences for a second ...

Pope Francis is sick and won't attend a planned Mass with Rome clergy on Thursday, Vatican officials confirmed. ...

TAIPEI—Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis to complain about Chinese pressure on the island Beijing ...

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Pope Francis has sent half a million dollars in funds from the "Peter's Pence collections" to 27 Mexico-based ...

Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest-ranking Vatican officials and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, was ...

Pope Francis pledged to end the dark history of church coverups in his closing speech at the Vatican's ...

An Australian victims' advocate says a Vatican summit on child sexual abuse needs to deliver more than words. ...

Clergy sexual abuse victims pressed to meet Pope Francis on Feb. 20 in a bid to push the ...

Pope Francis on Feb. 5 publicly acknowledged for the first time the sexual abuse of nuns by priests ...

WASHINGTON—Honoring years of campaigning against Chinese Communist repression of religious freedom, the Washington-based Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation ...

At least 13 states have announced they are investigating the clergy sexual-abuse allegations linked to the Roman Catholic ...

HONG KONG–A Hong Kong cardinal who has spearheaded opposition to the Vatican's rapprochement with China has called for the ...

Pope Francis will meet this week with a delegation of top U.S. cardinals and bishops over the sex-abuse ...

Pope Francis has offered "silence and prayer" in response to allegations that he not only covered up but ...

Pope Francis on Aug. 26 said he "will not say a single word" about claims made by a ...

An ex-Vatican ambassador to the United States claims that Pope Francis was aware of allegations of sexual abuse ...

DUBLIN—Pope Francis arrives Aug. 25 in Ireland, ground zero of the Catholic Church's sex abuse crisis, with the ...

The U.S. State Department has issued a travel alert to Americans going to Europe this summer due to ...

A pair of Christian refugees from Syria said they were "let down" by the Pope, who had promised ...

ROME—Pope Francis said his brief encounter Saturday with U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was a sign of good ...