The unusual role of the Vatican bank The Institute for Religious Works, or IOR as it is known, is a peculiar institution, created in 1942 to help the church carry out its charitable mission while ...

Pope Francis stumbles as his walking stick snaps Vatican City, Feb 1: Pope Francis tripped while entering the Vatican ...

Pope Francis nearly tumbled to the Vatican floor Saturday, when the handle of his walking stick snapped. But the 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with seminarians and formators how his mother put up quite a bit of resistance to his entering the seminary.

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.

Pope Francis has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick ...

The Pope has tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience after the handle of his walking stick snapped, but ...

Pope Francis also encouraged anyone involved in annulment cases to approach 'the marital and family reality with reverence, ...

Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, ...

Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity.

It has come as a surprise to many in the Holy See that the Vatican bank fired a newlywed couple, with three young children between them, after a new internal bank regulation went into effect barring ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...