Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, Francis is the first Jesuit pope in papal history. O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his ...

Pope Francis bruised his right arm after falling inside his Vatican residence on Thursday. A Vatican spokesman said the ...

Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S.

The call from bestselling British novelist Robert Harris came out of the blue: “I write fiction but my project is extremely ...

In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.

Pope Francis has taken the remarkable step of dissolving a Peruvian-based Catholic movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae ...

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a “gesture of great hope” that he prays will be undertaken ...

Putting a spotlight on the “scourge of child labor,” the Holy Father lamented that there are “too many children forced to ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis kicked off the 2025 Holy Year ... He was wheeled across the threshold as bells tolled across Rome and the choir inside the basilica began Christmas Eve Mass.

The Holy Father told groups of pilgrims attending his Jan. 15 general audience that they should be aware that millions of ...

Vatican Media Speaking to hundreds of international pilgrims gathered inside the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, the Pope said society — especially Christians “who recognize themselves as ...