Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...

Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...

Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian ...

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white elephant ...

President Biden has canceled his upcoming trip to Italy, including an audience with Pope Francis, to “remain focused on ...

In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter ...

Pope Francis boys basketball senior Ryan Vedovelli scored his 1,000th career point in a win over Springfield Central on Jan.