Using disproportionate force after being attacked is immoral, Pope Francis said. There are rules, even in war, that should be ...

Blessed Anne, the protégé of St. Teresa of Ávila and a patroness of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, was beatified Sunday in Belgium ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion ...

Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on Sunday that capped a ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on women and abortion ...

A Catholic university took the rare step of criticizing Pope Francis, saying that he called women “a fertile welcome, care, ...

I always talk about the dignity of women,’ he said on his flight back to Rome. ‘An abortion is a homicide,’ he said, adding, ...

Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight press conference coming ...

Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ...

Pope Francis has wrapped up a weekend trip to Belgium by praising victims and demanding that sexually abusive clergy be ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling ...

The pope also had a number of off-program appointments during the visit — he surprised elderly at a care home, crashed a ...