The Vatican plays a unique diplomatic role in global conflicts, despite lacking military power, as Pope Francis navigates ...

Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian ...

Referring to diplomacy as a “vocation” to “foster dialogue with all parties,” the Pope said political leaders are called to ...

A congested-sounding Pope Francis began the speech, greeting the ambassadors gathered in the Hall of Blessings.

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...

Pope Francis expressed concern about "the increasingly concrete threat of a world war" at a New Year's reception for foreign ...

President Joe Biden has canceled a planned trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so that he can instead focus on federal ...

In what would have been his last overseas trip as president, Joe Biden had been set to depart for Italy Thursday night to ...

Vedovelli put the ball up, got fouled and made the basket. After dusting himself off, the senior made the following free ...

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

Children occupy a privileged place in God’s heart, and whoever harms them will be accountable to him,” the Pontiff said.

Pope Francis’s appointment of Cardinal Robert McElroy as the highly visible prelate of the church in Washington is already ...