On his last day in Washington, Pope Francis hosted world-famous portraitist ... predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II. This portrait, an official memento of the pope’s quietly emotional ...

Pope Francis' longest and farthest trip has proven that despite his age, ailments and eight hours of jet lag, Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis made two comments last week that touched off a tempest in Christendom. First, during an interreligious meeting at Catholic Junior College in Singapore, he said that religions are ...

The outpouring of acclaim for Pope Francis and his message of tolerance and compassion, which he delivered in a historic address to Congress and events in three U.S. cities over the past six days ...

The Vatican is providing its long-awaited assessment on one of the more contested aspects of Roman Catholicism in recent ...

Pope Francis, while on a plane from Asia to Rome last week, told reporters that he has problems with both candidates for U.S. president — he said they’re “both against life” and that ...

Re “Pope slams both Harris and Trump as ‘against life’” (Sept. 14): Pope Francis, tear down that wall around the Vatican! The church is against abortion and murder. So the wall around the ...

When Pope Francis arrives Wednesday in Asia’s financial powerhouse Singapore for the last leg of a four-nation tour, he is ...

Pope Francis left Singapore for Rome on Friday, after a demanding trip across Southeast Asia and Oceania in which he urged ...

Francis, 87, began on Monday a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Pope Francis on Monday embarked on his 45th and most ambitious trip of his papacy, both in terms ...

Pope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick of a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be ...

FILE– Pope Francis waves ... people when nearby. Francis’ visit to Singapore, where three-quarters of the population is ethnically Chinese and Mandarin is an official language, will give ...