He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

The appointment marks a major step in Pope Francis' aim to give women more leadership roles in governing the church.

Pope Francis has told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech ...

In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter ...

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

Rather than supporting the growth of commercial technology and artificial intelligence, governments should be supporting families and educators in being the main channels of passing on culture and ...

Approving such ordinations would rupture the unity of the Catholic Church, and no pope is going there, Francis included. P ...

Since the end of World War II, the Vatican has tried hard to make up for its centuries of attacks on the Jewish people, ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, 59, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the ...

In remarks delivered by aide, pontiff also condemns rise in antisemitism and calls for an end to Ukraine war and other global ...

Today we know how to turn our eyes toward Mars or virtual worlds, but we struggle to look into the eyes of a child who has ...