Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on April 10, 2024. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women from his wheelchair to mark Maundy Thursday. The 87-year-old pontiff, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, visited the Rebibbia ...
Review and Outlook: 'The Cass Review' shifts the transgender debate back to medicine and science, in contrast to the ideological conformity found in U.S. medical associations. Images: Zuma Press ...
Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 30,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...
Bishop Joseph Strickland did not always have a difficult relationship with Pope Francis. When Francis became the head of the Catholic Church, Strickland recalls admiring how welcoming the pope was.
At the end of the catechesis, the Pope repeated his appeal for peace amid the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Holy Land. Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his ...
Pope Francis to travel in September to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis to travel in September to Indonesia, Papua New ...
Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on March 6, 2024. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter.
Pope Francis broke tradition during the start of Holy Week on Sunday, skipping a reading of his annual Palm Sunday homily during Mass at the last minute. Reuters reported that the pontiff was in ...
Pope Francis is known for his words spoken from the pulpit, where he makes urgent calls for peace and advocates for migrants and to protect the environment, but a new memoir is revealing another ...