Pope Francis reflected on the image of Christ as the Good Shepherd during his Regina Caeli address Sunday, noting that it is a role characterized by his sacrificial love. “Jesus explains that he ...
Pope Francis on Wednesday presented the fourth and final cardinal virtue of temperance in his ongoing catechetical series of vices and virtues by noting that temperance itself is crucial for ...
Pope Francis on Wednesday presented the fourth and final cardinal virtue of temperance in his ongoing catechetical series of vices and virtues by noting that temperance itself is crucial for ...
Pope Francis has described his predecessor Benedict XVI as a transitional pope, saying he was the only possible candidate to follow the upheavals under former pope John Paul II. Germany's Joseph ...
Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square on April 21 at the Vatican. (photo: National Catholic Register / Vatican Media) Matthew Santucci/CNA Vatican April 21, 2024 Pope ...
Pope Francis has exposed the political "maneuvers" used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes, while denying he is planning to reform the process for future conclaves ...
Pope Francis will be 88 in December. He was elected pope on March 13th, 2013. It’s difficult to believe he has been in the job 11 years. In that time he has done a great deal to give the ...
Pope Francis canceled at the last minute his attendance at the Good Friday procession at Rome’s Colosseum, in what the Vatican described as a bid “to preserve his health” ahead of more ...
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis said in a newly released interview that he backed his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, at the conclave that elected Benedict pope in 2005, despite the efforts of ...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Longing for the past will not save contemplative religious orders from closing their monasteries or experiencing shifts in vocations, Pope Francis said. Discerning how to ...
The pope has a packed agenda in the week running up to Easter. Francis had on Friday afternoon presided as planned over a Good Friday mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. On Thursday ...
Bishop Joseph Strickland did not always have a difficult relationship with Pope Francis. When Francis became the head of the Catholic Church, Strickland recalls admiring how welcoming the pope was.