Two bottles of Kentucky bourbon autographed by Pope Francis have brought in thousands of dollars for charity. The plan was concocted by the Rev. Jim Sichko, a Kentucky-based Roman Catholic

Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they make another,” goes one,

You'll never look at the Pope the same way again.

The 88-year-old Pope is said to have suffered an “asthma-like respiratory crisis,” according to the Vatican. The Crosstown showdown is April 1., and opening day for the Lansing Lugnuts is scheduled for April 8.

For those who recognize Christ as the savior, death is not an end or a form of "annihilation," Pope Francis wrote in his general audience catechesis.

Reprinted by permission of National Catholic Reporter En route to Marseille, France, to headline a September 2023 migration conference, Pope Francis was speaking to reporters when he offered unsolicited praise for El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz and his strong support of migrants and refugees.

Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain who gave his life ministering to fellow soldiers in a North Korean prison camp.

You wouldn’t think a nice Jewish girl would be celebrating Conclave winning the BAFTA award for Best Picture and the film’s eight Academy Award nominations. Yet I actually met the holy father with my own father in 1995.

His age and prolonged illness have raised questions about whether he might resign, and revived interest about how papal power is exercised in the Holy See.

Francis' age and prolonged illness has revived interest about how papal power is exercised in the Holy See, how it is transferred and under what circumstances.