World War II–era Pope Pius XII is a controversial figure, long accused of indifference toward the plight of Holocaust-assailed Jews. But a "Jewish New Yorker who has made it his life's work to ...

This is not the way to solve things,” Francis said during the Sunday interview. The Pope has made advocacy for migrants a key part of his papacy, insisting they should be welcomed and integrated ...

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision to dissolve an influential Catholic group from Peru which has been plagued by allegations of abuse from within its community, including ...

Pope Francis addresses the Community of the Almo Collegio Capranica in Rome Jan. 20. Earlier that day he sent a note of blessing to President Donald Trump as he prepared for his inauguration in ...

The following day at 12:45 he was received by Wilhelm II. In accordance with the instructions he had received, Pacelli expressed “the Holy Father’s grave concerns in the face of the protracted war, in ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a dec ...

In an important move for the Catholic Church in Texas on Monday, Pope Francis named Austin Bishop Joe Vásquez to replace 75-year-old Cardinal Daniel DiNardo as head of the Archdiocese of ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday offered well-wishes to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a traditional message sent ahead of the presidential inauguration ceremony in ...

Pope Francis sent a message to Trump wishing him "wisdom, strength and protection." "Inspired by your nation's ideals of being a land of opportunity and welcome for all, it is my hope that under ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que está en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived ...