During his homily and Angelus address, the Holy Father repeated his plea for Catholics to show their closeness to the poor ...

Advocates for a greater role for women in the Catholic Church say Pope Francis is failing their cause at a global meeting of Church leaders drawing to a close this week, by shunting aside the ...

The presentation on ‘Laudato Si’,’ a central document approaching its 10-year anniversary next year, was particularly notable ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman ... to an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics world wide, from apostolic visits to private audiences with leaders from around the world, and the publication ...

Pope Francis on Saturday approved the final document of his yearslong global synod, or dialogue among the world's 1.4 billion ... reform" that would give "lay leaders, especially women," a greater ...

Pope Francis extended his blessings to Kaminer during their meeting in Rome, expressing solidarity and compassion. During the audience, Prof. Kreiss shared with Pope Francis the mission of Sheba ...

Vatican summit avoids discussing women clergy Church leaders, lay people from 110 nations taking part Pope Francis criticised over stances on women in society Summit expected to issue final ...