Pope Francis’ short speech honored the former pontiff, whose life’s work was meditating on the life of Jesus, and who faced many challenges before retiring in 2013. Send any friend a story As ...

In an address on Sunday, Pope Francis added to growing rumours he might abdicate from the position with a sermon on the 'virtue of stepping aside at the right time'. Pope Francis previously stated ...

We do not have to be perfect already to live in a way that gives witness to Christ and attracts others to him, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. At his weekly public audience on Jan. 11, Francis ...

Pope Francis invited Christians on Wednesday to pray for the grace to have a “pastoral heart” like Jesus that “suffers and takes risks” out of love for others. At his weekly public ...

Pope Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since his election in 2013, following Benedict's surprise resignation, led the funeral Mass. The historic funeral capped a chapter of Catholic Church ...

Pope Francis — an unprecedented event in modern times. The German pontiff died at age 95 on Saturday in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery after The Vatican revealed that his health had "worsened due ...

“Based on what we’ve seen in the first half of January, my impression is that this resistance to Pope Francis is only going to escalate,” said Mike Lewis, a founder of Where Peter ...

Pope Francis spoke of friendship, a sustaining force amid a "shipwreck" of life. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Thursday paid homage to his friend and retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus ...

Vatican conservatives are waging a “secret plan” to put Pope Francis under such stress that he resigns, it has been claimed. The campaign against the Argentinian pontiff began just days ...

Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for his "acute and gentle thought" on Wednesday at the Vatican. "His acute and gentle thought was not self-referential, but ecclesial, because he ...

In his address, he quoted Benedict XVI: “The Church … grows by ‘attraction.’” Pope Francis stops to pray before an image of Our Lady and the Child Jesus during his weekly general ...

Pope Francis speaks at his general audience in Paul VI Hall on Jan. 18, 2023. (photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA / EWTN) Courtney Mares/CNA Vatican January 18, 2023 VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis invited ...