Pope Francis

Pope Francis likens victims of war in Ukraine to those in Stalin’s ‘genocide’

Jack Birle · November 23, 2022 4:45 pm

Pope Francis likens victims of war in Ukraine to those in Stalin’s ‘genocide’

Pope Francis likens victims of war in Ukraine to those in Stalin’s ‘genocide’

Jack Birle · November 23, 2022 12:00 am

Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 18, 2018.

Vatican-China deal made things worse for Catholics, religious freedom commissioners say

Jerry Dunleavy · November 7, 2022 9:06 pm

Faithful watch Pope Francis deliver the Angelus prayer on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epicenter of Europe's outbreak.

Pope gives pep talk to big lay group after tightening rules

Associated Press · October 15, 2022 6:28 pm

Hong Kong’s Catholic Cardinal Zen prosecuted by China

Jerry Dunleavy · October 1, 2022 11:00 am

Pope blasts Russian war in Ukraine, claiming God does not support it

Jenny Goldsberry · September 14, 2022 5:22 pm

A poster featuring Bishop Rolando Alvarez and Pope Francis hangs inside the Cathedral in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Nicaraguan police on Friday raided Alvarez's residence, detaining him and several other priests in an escalation of tensions between the Catholic Church and the government of Daniel Oretga.

Does Pope Francis care about Nicaraguan Catholics?

Teo Babún · September 1, 2022 4:00 am

Pope Francis walks after posing for photographs with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See, inside the Sistine Chapel inside the Sistine Chapel, at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019.

Pope expands ranks of cardinals who’ll likely pick successor

Associated Press · August 27, 2022 2:35 pm

WATCH: Pope Francis says he’ll think about retiring

Heather Hamilton · July 31, 2022 12:14 pm

Pope Francis calls mass killing of indigenous Canadian schoolchildren ‘genocide’

Misty Severi · July 30, 2022 11:51 pm

Two protesters hold a banner during Pope Francis's mass at the National Shrine of Saint Anne de Beaupre in Quebec City, Canada, on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

Indigenous protesters appear at pope’s Mass in Canada

Jack Birle · July 28, 2022 6:32 pm

Canada rejects pope’s apology for church’s treatment of indigenous people

Jack Birle · July 28, 2022 1:46 pm