Mandarin Chinese is considered the world's most spoken language, with nearly one billion speakers, ahead of Spanish and ...

Francis described the pain of mothers losing ... “Dilexit Nos” follows the pope’s previous writings aimed at solidifying a ...

Describing nihilism as “perhaps the most dangerous plague of today’s culture,” the pope told dicastery members their ...

After the funeral of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the pope asked that the protocols for papal funerals be revised to evoke ...

It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in the ...

Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the pomp and privilege of leading the global Catholic Church, has decided that a simple ...

With the Church divided over the proper interpretation of one of Pope Francis’s writings, some Catholics are cheering on the defense of orthodoxy by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. About two weeks ...

Pope Francis, with Thomas Leoncini ... With this wide-ranging collection of writings, homilies, and addresses, the current pontiff dispels any notion that religious practice is dour and antiquated.

President Trump and his family spent a memorable, and photo-worthy, Wednesday morning at the Vatican with Pope Francis. Although the two leaders have voiced clashing opinions on such topics as ...