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Melania Trump admitted she was humbled during her visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican after completely mishearing him during ...

Vigils, commemorations and acts of remembrance were planned across the world on Monday to mark one year since the Oct. 7 ...

Pope Francis meets Jesuits in Belgium, sharing personal stories and insights with leaders from Belgium, Luxembourg, and the ...

The pope just announced a new consistory that will take place Dec. 8 appointing 21 new cardinals from around the world.

Asked what a U.S. Catholic given a choice between voting for a person who supports abortion or one who supports closing borders and deporting migrants, Pope Francis said one must choose “the lesser ...

When Pope Francis appoints new Catholic cardinals, as he did on Sunday, the move is often described as the pontiff pushing to ...

Following news of the escalation between Israel and Iran’s proxies in Lebanon last week, Pope Francis called on Christians ...

ANALYSIS: Here are six angles for understanding who the new cardinals are and why Pope Francis might have picked them.

In his letter to Catholics in the Middle East, the Holy Father expressed his closeness with those “who dwell in the lands of ...

The pope declared a fast on Oct. 7, urging Catholics to pray for peace in the Middle East. Jews were already fasting for Tzom ...