Pope Francis gives his blessing after reciting a prayer to Mary in front of the Marian statue near the Spanish ...

Reflecting on the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Holy Father said people can learn from the righteous St. Joseph, who was always ...

The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days, connected to the creation story in which God created the world in six days and rested on the next. This rest is not ...

Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life,” said Carlo Musso, the Italian editor of Pope Francis’ ...

Every Wednesday and Sunday, Pope Francis persistently calls for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine, Myanmar, and beyond. During his Urbi et Orbi blessing on December 25, he mentioned no fewer than ...

With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

It didn’t come easily, but the Texas basketball team finally garnered its first SEC win and its first Quad 1 victory of the season by fending off Oklahoma 77-73 Wednesday night in Norman ...

Caldwell-Pope (knee) will be available Wednesday against Milwaukee, Dan Savage of the Magic's official site reports. Caldwell-Pope missed Sunday's game against Philadelphia due to his knee injury ...

ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered ever since ...

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting pontiff to publish his memoirs since the 15th century. Pope Francis' autobiography, Hope, reaches ...

The pope, who now often uses a wheelchair due to knee and back pain, says: “The Church is governed using the head and the heart, not the legs.” Francis, originally from Argentina and the first ...

Not even the Pope can resist the temptation. So this month Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church, goes where other pontiffs have not. Hope ...