Pope Francis began a speech to bishops gathered in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday morning with a strong condemnation of the clergy sex abuse scandal, then revealed his earlier meeting with victims. A ...

WASHINGTON -- Thursday morning, Pope Francis delivered a historic speech before a joint meeting of Congress. I am most grateful for your invitation to address this Joint Session of Congress in "the ...

Thank you for your kind words. Once again, following a tradition by which I feel honored, the Secretary General of the United Nations has invited the Pope to address this distinguished assembly of ...

The pontiff’s remarks on synodality were a distinctly Leonine riff on a keystone theme of his predecessor’s pontificate, one ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech Friday at a conference in the Vatican, saying he has not yet fully recovered from his ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Read the full text of Pope Francis' speech to prisoners at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility near Philadelphia. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Thank you for receiving me and giving me ...

Pope Leo XIV canceled a law enacted by Pope Francis on Monday that had concentrated financial power in the Vatican bank.

Pope Leo XIV placed the poor at the core of the Christian message in his first major document, which was released on Thursday ...

WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- Pope Francis arrived Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his "church of the poor" to the world's wealthiest superpower and a country polarized ...

The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world ...

The pope spoke Oct. 1 at the start of a conference marking the 10-year anniversary of Laudato Si', Pope Francis' landmark ...