In his recent autobiography, "Hope," Pope Francis addresses a prayer to God. "Though I know that He has already given me many blessings, I ask the Lord for just one more," he writes in a moving ...

“I believe Pope Francis will be known as one of the most consequential popes in Catholic history,” said Father Bryan Massingale of the Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee and a professor of ...

noting that the Catholic Church is highly transparent about the health of Pope Francis He noted that if a Pope dies in the Catholic church, another would replace him, unlike some churches that would ...

Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Pope Francis' criticism of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration, without responding to any of its specifics or to the pontiff’s apparent ...

One of the most unique elements of being Catholic is the variety among the communion of saints, where one can find a potential intercessor and ally for just about any malady or situation in life.

AUSTRALIAN Church leaders have welcomed the appointment of Fr Peter Murphy as the Bishop of Armidale by Pope Francis ... of St Michael’s Cathedral, Wagga Wagga, and vicar general of the Diocese of ...

Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day. Michael Commins NEW York born Chris Shaughnessy had the honour of being one of the people who drove Pope Francis to the airport at ...

He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honoring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century mystic whose love for nature ... Some of Francis’ positions led to opposition in some ...

But for some US members of the ascendant Catholic traditionalist movement, Francis’ decline presented an opportunity to criticize him and demand that the Vatican reverse course on what they see ...

Pope Francis, 88, remains hospitalized in ... director of the Center for Catholic Studies at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, told CBS News. More than one out of every five Floridians was ...

Faithful pray during a nightly rosary in St ... for Francis' discharge from the hospital and return to public duties. The nightly vigils will continue indefinitely, with Catholic leaders around ...

The lifewatch for Pope Francis has begun, even as the most immediate crisis seems to have passed. The Church is getting to work. On Monday night, pilgrims prayed the Rosary in St. Peter’s Square ...