Sundays spent in nature and a return of year-round meatless Fridays were a few of the ideas floated Nov. 13 at the U.S.

Pope Francis on Friday appointed a Filipino missionary priest one of the two new auxiliary bishops in Australia. The Vatican ...

A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives have met with Pope Francis ROME -- A delegation of ...

In Italy this year, environmentalists are calling on Pope Francis to stay the execution — so to speak — of a tree towering ...

Human Rights Watch says Israel is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, including massive ...

Pope Francis gestures as he shakes hands with Yelena Troufanov, who was part of a delegation of Israelis who were freed after ...

Battaglia’s reputation as a “street priest” close to drug addicts and the poor has also led some to view him as Pope Francis’ ...

Cardinal Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, connected the synod and Eucharistic revival, as well as the ...

A delegation of former hostages and hostages' relatives were visiting Rome for meetings including with the local Jewish ...

Family members of hostages being held captive in Gaza and Israelis who were freed from captivity meet with Pope Francis in ...

The delegation was led by the Hostage Family Forum, the Foreign Ministry, Israeli embassies in Rome and the Vatican, the ...

VATICAN— During his Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis asked his listeners to consider the qualities necessary for good leadership. “Brothers and ...