Francis is also in a unique position, in that he follows two popes who had a more conservative view of what Vatican II represented. In Catholic theological terms, St. Pope John Paul II and Benedict ...
H is Holiness Pope Francis —the 266th bishop of Rome, supreme pontiff of the Universal Church, sovereign of the Vatican City ...
Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...
The Times’ Lucy Bannerman hailed Patrice Lawrence’s children’s book People Like Stars (Scholastic) that focuses on two teenage boys and “rebellious Senna”. “It’s strange that boys ...
Pope Francis' autobiography is being released Tuesday. In it, an introspective pope divulges some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance ...
Pope Francis shared his prayers and extended "cordial greetings" to President-elect Trump ahead of his inaugural ceremony Monday morning. "I ask God to guide your efforts in promoting peace and ...
ROME — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the US president’s pledges nearly a decade after ...
Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States. In the text ...
At times, when the author of "Hope" writes of sweeping away the courtly culture in the Curia and elsewhere, he sounds like a young Catholic revolutionary declaring war on tradition. He reminds us that ...
In an important move for the Catholic Church in Texas on Monday, Pope Francis named Austin Bishop Joe Vásquez to replace 75-year-old Cardinal Daniel DiNardo as head of the Archdiocese of ...