The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic ...

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...

All Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming "charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers." ...

"Pray for me because my work is very fast-paced and my motorcycle is old and doesn't work well." Pope Francis often jokes ...

In a new formal rite published on Wednesday, the Vatican said Francis will forego a centuries-old practice of burying the ...

The challenges are many: the dignity of work, family, education, civic engagement, care for creation, and new technologies,” ...

Pope Francis has approved new rites for his own funeral for when he dies to simplify rituals and be buried outside the ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility and rejection of extravagance, has announced that he will forego many of the traditional ...

By Palestine Chronicle Staff The 87-year-old Pope said that hypocrisy always leads to “failure” adding that “dialogue must be ...

Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican’s troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...

While Pope Francis has criticized the war before, this is the first time he has publicly suggested an investigation, ...

Pope Francis, 87, has chosen to forgo the customary papal ceremonies in favor of more straightforward funeral customs. His ...