Pope Francis said he believes the church should practice what it preaches. “It hurts me when I see a priest or nun with the latest-model car,” he recently said. The official papal car is now a ...

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church's approach to economics by prioritizing people over profits. His advocacy for ...

An Israeli airstrike hit Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing two people and wounding several others, including Rev. Gabriele ...

The professors have raised concerns about what they say was confusion and ambiguity caused by some of the late pope's actions ...

From helping the homeless to flexing foreign policy. — -- Pope Francis has won legions of fans with his humble approach to his role as the head of the Catholic Church, earning brownie points ...

Pope Leo XIV met with a top Russian Orthodox cleric, the first such visit from Moscow since the papal election, and one that ...

Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation ...

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

With all that happened in the Catholic Church last month, we can be forgiven for missing the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis’ encyclical on global warming. Pope Francis fell ill ...

Francis brought the popular archbishop of Manila to Rome to head the Vatican’s missionary evangelization office, which serves the needs of the Catholic Church in much of Asia and Africa.