Hulu will be airing “The Pope Answers,” an informal conversation between Francis and a small group of young people, on April ...

A former Catholic priest who left the vocation to start a family says Pope Francis is "speaking the truth" when he says celibacy is not an essential element to Catholic priesthood. The pontiff ...

Pope Francis has hinted that he would review the Roman Catholic Church’s rule of priestly celibacy, describing it as an individual “discipline” rather than a “contradiction” to the church.

Pope Francis has spoken with a unique voice on the dignity of human life over the 10 years of his papacy, providing a distinctive framework that connects grave evils like abortion with society’s ...

The pope did not elaborate, “for reasons of discretion,” he said, but did note that “there are several heads of state who are concerned, right?” Pressed by Ms. Piqué on what this “service for peace” ...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein explained that he thought there were two direct heirs. However, he was surprised to learn that ...

Pope Francis marked 10 years as pope Monday, capping a decade of tumult for the Catholic Church that has seen Francis aggressively fill the ranks of the group charged with electing his successor ...

Pope Francis has further updated the statutes of the Institute for the Works of Religion, often referred to as the Vatican bank, clarifying the roles of different supervisory bod ...

Moment by moment, sign by sign, and word by word, Pope Francis has defined his papacy in the 10 years since his election to ...

ROME — Pope Francis said that NATO “barking” at Russia’s door may have led to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — and said he has offered to meet the Russian president in Moscow. In an interview ...