On his election 10 years ago, Pope Francis was hailed as a voice of modernisation. Has his papacy made a difference to health ...

Pope Francis said in a recent interview: "There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the western church is ...

Reuters reported that more than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations. But the new law ...

The Catholic Church is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis's pontificate. The pontiff – who began his papacy on March 13 2013 – did not make much spectacle of the papal milestone ...

Pope Francis greets a boy who ran onstage during ... In 2021, Martin released a handwritten letter from the pope that commended his LGBT ministry. (CNS/Vatican Media) Dutchin: As a nontheistic ...

because LGBT people "are children of God and God loves them." Back in St Peter's Square, his message over, Francis delivered his signature sign-off: "Don't forget to pray for me," the pope said.

Pope Francis on Saturday updated a 2019 church law aimed at holding senior churchmen accountable for covering up sexual abuse cases, expanding it to cover lay Catholic leaders ...

For insight into how Pope Francis is viewed among those with different faiths, or none, NCR invited the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, an atheist, a Muslim scholar and a rabbi to ...

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.

The leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics has steered his church leftward after more than two decades of conservative ...

He said such legislation is an injustice and a sin, because LGBT people "are children ... The first Jesuit pope and the first to take the name Francis - after the saint of the poor - was elected ...