Pope Francis criticised on Monday what he called the “shameful inability” of the international community to end the war in the Middle East...

Pope Francis today denounced the treatment of migrants crossing the Mediterranean to reach Europe, saying it is a “great sin” not to offer ...

Pope Francis has apologized after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gays to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. Vatican...

Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the...

Ukraine has vehemently opposed Pope Francis’s recent call for Kyiv to engage in negotiations with Russia and to “have the courage to raise...

Pope Francis said on Sunday war was “a crime against humanity” as he reiterated a call for peace in Ukraine and the Middle East. “Let ...

Pope Francis on Monday called surrogate motherhood a “despicable” practice that should be universally banned. According to him...

Pope Francis, tackling conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine in his yearly address to diplomats, said on Monday that “indiscriminately ...

Pope Francis said in his Christmas message on Monday that children dying in wars, including in Gaza, are the “little Jesuses of today” and...

The Vatican said on Monday in a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis that Roman Catholic priests can administer blessings to same-sex ...

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican’s pomp and privilege, has decided to vastly simplify the elaborate funeral rites for a p...

Pope Francis on Sunday said it was “painful” to see that the truce between Israel and Hamas had been broken, and voiced hope that all part...

Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the...

The run-down beach town of Torvaianica is about 35 kms (20 miles) south of the Vatican. But for transgender women who live there it ha...

Pope Francis on Sunday reiterated his plea for an end to hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, and called for “much more” humanit...

Pope Francis on Sunday called for humanitarian corridors to help those under siege in Gaza and again appealed for the release of hostages ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis called for an end to attacks and violence in Israel and Gaza on Sunday, saying terrorism and war would not sol...

Pope Francis on Saturday further cemented his legacy, elevating 21 prelates to the high rank of cardinal and significantly raising the per...

Pope Francis was moved as he was shown a picture of a migrant child by Reuters photographer Yara Nardi during his flight to a Church confe...

Pope Francis arrived in the French port city of Marseille on Friday for a lightning visit that will centre on Europe’s migration crisis, l...