With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II ...

Discover Pope Francis' hopes for the future in his autobiography, 'Hope: The Autobiography,' released on Jan. 14.

By Maria Power (*) – Pope Francis has delivered a message ... that this encyclical will be known as the COVID-19 encyclical – and Francis himself acknowledges in paragraph 7 that this 45,000 ...

One of the more interesting passages in Pope Francis’s television interview on Sunday was his statement that sins of the ...

As Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox believers prayed this week for “Christian unity,” Jean-François Chiron sheds light on ...

Pope Francis acknowledged that he has made mistakes during his ... "I never imagined that I would write four encyclicals, and ...

In his new autobiography, Pope Francis outlines a recipe for “infinite possibilities” that will please neither conservatives ...

The pope’s message for the 59th World Day of Social Communications, observed on 1 June, is released on the feast day of Saint ...

Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prayed would be undertaken ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites ... The following year, John XIII’s landmark peace encyclical “Pacem in Terris” (Peace on Earth) was published, and President Lyndon B.