Pope Francis opened a global Catholic summit on Wednesday with a warning that delegates should not seek to foist pet agendas ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...

Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday opened a global summit of Catholic leaders, which has postponed action on divisive issues such as ...

Francis drew attacks over clergy sexual abuse, the role of women in the church and his stance on abortion, reflecting ...

Kicking off the next phase of a closely-watched Vatican reform synod on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged delegates to focus on ...

Pope Francis said he wanted to respond to a "storm of chattering" that had developed around his expansion of synod membership ...

Pope John Paul II praised Baudouin in a 1995 general audience in which he said that 'he was a great guardian of the rights of ...

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Among Pope Francis’ activities for the day was a meeting with the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and those participating in a ...

Father Samuele Sangalli has a license in philosophy and also studied educational sciences, which he has put to use as ...