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 ...

with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s courage. Thousands watched and mourned and bells tolled as pallbearers carried Benedict's cypress coffin from St. Peter ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former pope Benedict’s heath has been “worsening” in recent days, the Vatican has confirmed, after Pope Francis asked people to pray for his predecessor. Load ...

Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Square. The event marked the first occasion ...

Pope Francis came out onto St. Peter’s Square this morning being pushed in a wheelchair for the funeral of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. The 86-year-old pontiff stood several times as he ...

“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 ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis met on Monday with Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI who was a key figure in his recent funeral but who has raised eyebrows with an ...

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 ...