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.
Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...
Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading some 30,000 people in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square in one of the most important liturgies of the ...
Pope Francis is known for his words spoken from the pulpit, where he makes urgent calls for peace and advocates for migrants and to protect the environment, but a new memoir is revealing another ...
Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in ...
Francis, 87, had skipped a Good Friday ceremony to preserve his health. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Sunday presided over an Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square and later used his ...
Pope Francis on Thursday defrocked a notorious Belgian bishop who admitted 14 years ago that he sexually abused his nephew but faced no Vatican punishment. The case of Roger Vangheluwe ...
Pope Francis appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica looking healthy and in good spirits as he waved to crowds gathered for Easter services on Sunday. And last week, on Palm Sunday ...
Pope Francis on Saturday evening presided over the Easter vigil Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, reflecting on the gravity of Easter as a symbol of God’s reborn hope and the ultimate testament of ...
Pope Francis is head of the worldwide Catholic Church, which has about 1.4 billion adherents. As far as the number of followers is concerned, no other single living leader of any religion or ...
Pope Francis will be presiding over the Easter Vigil service on Saturday night, just hours after a last minute cancellation saw him miss a Good Friday procession in Rome for health reasons ...