Pope Francis will create 17 new cardinals from across the globe Saturday in a time-honoured ceremony, elevating them to an elite body that advises and elects popes.
Pope Francis on Friday asked an audience of homeless people to forgive those Christians who ‘look the other way.’
The UN envoy for Syria said Thursday there was little prospect of an imminent restart of negotiations to try to end the raging conflict.
Pope Francis on Sunday declared revered nun Mother Teresa a saint in a canonisation mass at St Peter's square.
The Vatican is hopeful it can improve ties with China after decades of tension, the Roman Catholic Church's highest-ranking diplomat said on Saturday ...
Pope Francis yesterday released peace doves on the Armenia-Turkey border in a gesture of reconciliation as Ankara slammed...
Pope Francis on Saturday insisted memory ‘cannot be stifled’ as he visited the main Armenian genocide memorial in Yerevan, on the second day of a trip likely to stir tensions with Turkey.
Pope Francis will meet the spiritual leader of the world's Sunni Muslims in an unprecedented encounter at the Vatican on Monday, the pontiff's spokesman said Thursday.
Pope Francis on Tuesday formally approved sainthood for Mother Teresa and set September 4 as the date for her canonisation.
The first pope from Latin America met at the Vatican yesterday with the new leader of his homeland Argentina which is struggling with huge debt, poverty and drugs trafficking.
Pope Francis assailed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's views on US immigration as "not Christian", prompting the billionaire businessman to reprimand the religious leader as "disgraceful".
Pope Francis on Tuesday urged Iran to back peace efforts in the Middle East as the Islamic Republic's emergence from international isolation took a significant step forward with President Hassan Rouhani's first visit to the Vatican.
