Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter ...

Pope Francis on Dec. 12 called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the alleviation of foreign debt and the ...

Pope Francis met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican on Thursday, their first face-to-face encounter in three ...

The reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris on December 8 and the visit of Pope Francis to Ajaccio on December 15 represent two ...

Pope Francis, who turns 88 on Dec. 17, is the second-oldest pope in modern history (after Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903 at ...

For the last 20 years, ever since the U.S. invaded Iraq over the objections of St. Pope John Paul II in 2003, the Vatican has ...

Turkey strongly condemned Israel’s military actions in the buffer zone between Israel and Syria. The Turkish Foreign Ministry accused Israel of exhibiting an “occupation mentality” and warned against ...

Francis’ 10th consistory to create new princes of the church is also the biggest infusion of voting-age cardinals in his 11-year pontificate.

Pope Francis announced that Saint Isaac of Nineveh ... of the Holy Spirit,” and Ephrem of Nisibis (modern-day Nusaybin, Turkey), who explored symbols of the lost paradise and the paradise ...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that there was now a new reality in neighbouring Syria, where Turkey has ...

who has been organising Pope Francis' international travels since 2020, will be among the 21 clergy elevated to the rank of Cardinal. Previously, Koovakad, who held the title of Monsignor, was ...

Cardinal-elect Dominique Mathieu, archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan and the highest-ranking Catholic authority in the Islamic ...